MONTPELLIER METROPOLE NATATION · FRA
Thomas is a swimmer from France, a butterfly specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 10 seasons, 11 years, 6 countries and 36 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2007 in Metz, where he raced the 1500 freestyle in 16:33.81. He started out alongside CANET 66 NATATION.
His signature event is the 200 butterfly, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 100 butterfly and 50 butterfly. Butterfly is the backbone of the whole record: 19 meets and 36 recorded swims.
His fastest 200 butterfly stands at 1:56.88, set in long course (50 m) at Montpellier [nat].
His record includes the World Cup circuit, in 2009 (FINA/ARENA SWIMMING WORLD CUP SERIE 2, Moscow, RUS and FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2009). A representative mark at that level is 1:56.80 in the 200 butterfly, recorded in short course (25 m). He also appears in continental and national championships.
After a 2-year break between 2015 and 2017, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2017. 2009 is the busiest season on record, with 14 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 6 countries (France, Belgium, Germany, RUS, Serbia and Türkiye), including 5 of 36 meets outside France.
Those meets span 25 different venues (Angers, Montpellier, Dijon and Nîmes…). He has raced for French Swimming Federation and MONTPELLIER METROPOLE NATATION.
Latest competition: MONTPELLIER [REG] in Montpellier, on November 11, 2017, with 1 swim: 24.12 in the 50 freestyle, all in short course (25 m) and 1 PB improvement. He closes this record with 31 current event personal bests and 43 all-time PB improvements, across 65 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.