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Sonia is a swimmer from Spain, a backstroke specialist and a sprinter, whose official competitive record spans 12 seasons, 7 countries and 167 meets.
Her recorded career begins in 2003, and one of her earliest marks still on file is the 200 breaststroke in 2:46.27, raced in Barcelona. She started out alongside C.N. SANT ANDREU.
Her signature event is the 50 backstroke, the event she has raced the most, followed by the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 139 meets and 755 recorded swims.
Her fastest 50 backstroke stands at 30.87, set in long course (50 m) at Barcelona.
Her record includes collegiate championships, in 2014 (2014 NCAA Division I Womens Championships). A representative mark at that level is 58.47 in the 100 butterfly, recorded in short course yards (25 yd). She also appears in international meets.
The record runs unbroken from 2003 to 2014: 12 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2005 is the busiest season on record, with 193 verified individual swims.
She is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 7 countries (Spain, Italy, Andorra, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands and Portugal), including 9 of 167 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 20 different venues (Barcelona, Sabadell, Sant Andreu and Mataró…). She has raced for Florida International University, University of Bridgeport, Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club and C.N. SANT ANDREU.
Latest competition: Mataro, on June 28, 2014. She closes this record with 48 current event personal bests and 280 all-time PB improvements, across 1319 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN and NCAA.