DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC · FRA
Xavier is a swimmer from France, an individual medley specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 12 seasons, 13 countries and 44 meets.
His recorded career begins in 1993, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 100 freestyle in 51.23, raced in Dunkerque. He started out alongside French Swimming Federation.
His signature event is the 200 individual medley, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 100 individual medley and 400 individual medley. Individual medley is the backbone of the whole record: 35 meets and 78 recorded swims.
His fastest 200 individual medley stands at 2:01.08, set in long course (50 m) at European Championships 1997.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, between 1996 and 2000 (1996 Olympic Games and Olympic Games Atlanta 1996). A representative mark at that level is 2:01.81 in the 200 individual medley, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in world championships, the World Cup circuit, continental championships and national championships.
The record runs unbroken from 1993 to 2004: 12 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2001 is the busiest season on record, with 16 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 13 countries (France, Australia, the United States, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom, UNK and Italy), including 26 of 44 meets outside France.
Those meets span 31 different venues (Paris, Sydney, Espoo and Atlanta…). He has raced for French Swimming Federation and DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC.
Latest competition: European Championships 2004 in Madrid, on May 11, 2004, with 1 swim: 2:03.69 in the 200 individual medley, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 17 current event personal bests and 29 all-time PB improvements, across 95 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.