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Samuel is a swimmer from Spain, an Olympian and a sprinter, whose official competitive record spans 9 seasons, 13 years, 2 countries and 23 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2011 in California Boys & Girls Los Angeles City Sectionals, where he raced the 100 butterfly in 1:02.96. He started out alongside Granada Hills Charter.
His signature event is the 50 freestyle, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 21 meets and 45 recorded swims.
His fastest 50 freestyle stands at 27.47, set in long course (50 m) at the 2012 CA SCS/CSSC Junior Olympic.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, in 2012 (2012 CA SCS/CSSC Junior Olympic and CA SCS/CSSC Junior Olympic). A representative mark at that level is 9:06.53 in the 800 freestyle, recorded in long course (50 m).
After a 2-year break between 2019 and 2021, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2021. 2022 is the busiest season on record, with 30 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (the United States and UNK), most often in the United States (18 meets).
Those meets span 8 different venues (Coral Springs, Miami, Pembroke Pines and Los Angeles…). He has raced for 5 clubs, led by Metro Aquatic Club of Miami, Zeeland Age Group Swimming, Atlantis Swimming Club and Granada Hills Charter.
Latest competition: 2023 FG Gulliver Summer Classic, on May 21, 2023, with 3 swims: 1:34.18 in the 100 backstroke, 1:18.69 in the 100 freestyle and 3:18.36 in the 200 individual medley, all in long course (50 m) and 1 PB improvement. He closes this record with 18 current event personal bests and 27 all-time PB improvements, across 68 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN.