Pierre Roger

Pierre is a swimmer from France, a backstroke specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 11 seasons, 12 years, 15 countries and 21 meets.

His recorded career begins in 2001, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 50 butterfly in 25.12, raced in Montpellier.

His signature event is the 100 backstroke, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 backstroke and 50 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 21 meets and 36 recorded swims.

His fastest 100 backstroke stands at 53.55, set in long course (50 m) at Montpellier [nat].

He has raced at the Olympic Games level, between 2004 and 2008 (Olympic Games Athens 2004 and Olympic Games Beijing 2008). A representative mark at that level is 56.07 in the 100 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in world championships, the World Cup circuit, continental championships and national championships.

After a 2-year break between 2009 and 2011, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2011. 2009 is the busiest season on record, with 7 verified individual swims.

He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 15 countries (France, Spain, Germany, Australia, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and Türkiye), including 16 of 21 meets outside France.

Those meets span 19 different venues (Berlin, Paris, Angers and Athens…).

Latest competition: French National Championships (50m) in Dunkerke, on March 18, 2012, with 1 swim: 55.31 in the 100 backstroke, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 28 current event personal bests, across 43 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.