C.E. Panteres Grogues · ESP
Raul is a swimmer from Spain, an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 18 seasons, 22 years, 3 countries and 216 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2005 in A_tpr Vilafranca, where he raced the 200 backstroke in 2:38.75. He started out alongside C.N. SITGES.
His signature event is the 200 individual medley, his reference distance in individual medley, ahead of the 100 individual medley and 400 individual medley. Individual medley is the backbone of the whole record: 122 meets and 174 recorded swims.
In short course (25 m), he went from 2:37.24 in 2005 to a best of 2:16.26 in 2016 (Gijon): 20.98 seconds gained in the 200 individual medley.
After a 4-year break between 2019 and 2023, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2023.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (Spain, Australia and the United States), including 10 of 216 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 48 different venues (Barcelona, Vilafranca Del Penedès, Sitges and Madrid…). He has raced for 6 clubs, led by San Francisco Tsunami Masters, C.E. Panteres Grogues, Aqualicious Masters and C.D. Halegatos.
Still active: the directory includes official activity in the 2026 season. The last race on record is dated April 12, 2026. He holds 46 current event personal bests and 268 all-time PB improvements across 931 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN, U.S. Masters Swimming, Masters Australia and World Aquatics.