PABLO VARGAS GIL

ESP

Pablo is a swimmer from Spain, a backstroke specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 14 seasons, 3 countries and 131 meets.

His recorded career begins in 2012, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 25 breaststroke in 23.87, raced in Cordoba.

His signature event is the 100 backstroke, his reference distance in backstroke, ahead of the 200 backstroke and 50 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 96 meets and 176 recorded swims.

His fastest 100 backstroke stands at 57.15, set in short course (25 m) at Tomar.

The record runs unbroken from 2012 to 2025: 14 consecutive seasons without a single missing year.

He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (Spain, Slovakia and Portugal), including 3 of 131 meets outside Spain.

Those meets span 28 different venues (Córdoba, Jaén, Baena and Málaga…). He has raced for 5 clubs, led by Spanish Swimming Federation, CLUB NATACION LAS GABIAS, C.D. Natacion Cordoba and FED. ANDALUCIA.

Latest competition: Malaga, on August 1, 2025. He closes this record with 27 current event personal bests and 331 all-time PB improvements, across 415 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN.

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