DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC · FRA
Nicolas is a swimmer from France, a distance freestyler and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 10 seasons, 8 countries and 48 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2013, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 100 backstroke in 1:01.03, raced in Amiens.
His signature event is the 400 freestyle, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 800 freestyle and 1500 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 48 meets and 92 recorded swims.
His fastest 400 freestyle stands at 3:45.45, set in long course (50 m) at Lausanne Swim Cup.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, between 2013 and 2016 (European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 and Olympic Games Rio 2016). A representative mark at that level is 3:58.75 in the 400 freestyle, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in continental championships, national championships and international meets.
The record runs unbroken from 2013 to 2022: 10 consecutive seasons without a single missing year.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 8 countries (France, Monaco, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States, Brazil, Canada and the United Kingdom), including 12 of 48 meets outside France.
Those meets span 28 different venues (Nice, Montpellier, Monaco and Limoges…).
Latest competition: French National Championships (50m) in Limoges, on April 9, 2022, with 1 swim: 57.06 in the 100 butterfly, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 34 current event personal bests and 40 all-time PB improvements, across 105 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.