DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC · FRA
Thomas is a swimmer from France, a backstroke specialist and a sprinter, whose official competitive record spans 11 seasons, 13 years, 4 countries and 29 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2008 in Couloisy, where he raced the 200 breaststroke in 3:14.68. He started out alongside BEAUVAISIS AQUATIC CLUB.
His signature event is the 100 backstroke, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 50 backstroke and 50 butterfly. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 11 meets and 26 recorded swims.
His fastest 100 backstroke stands at 53.52, set in long course (50 m) at 26e Indian Ocean Meeting.
His record includes world championships, in 2016 (13th FINA World Short Course Championships). A representative mark at that level is 51.80 in the 100 backstroke, recorded in short course (25 m). He also appears in the World Cup circuit, continental championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2011 and 2013, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2013. 2019 is the busiest season on record, with 11 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 4 countries (France, Denmark, UNK and the United States), including 3 of 29 meets outside France.
Those meets span 19 different venues (Amiens, Angers, Compiègne and Couloisy…). He has raced for French Swimming Federation and DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC.
Latest competition: Meeting International FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat - Step 1 in Nice, on February 9, 2020, with 1 swim: 56.32 in the 100 butterfly, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 30 current event personal bests and 32 all-time PB improvements, across 57 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.