María Peláez
Butterfly swimmer from Málaga. Five Olympic Games and 1997 European gold in the 200 m butterfly. Sources: Olympedia and World Aquatics.
Swimming in Andalusia
History of Andalusian swimming
A short set of sourced profiles. The club’s own story stays on the club page.
These pages gather public senior swimmers from Málaga and other parts of Andalusia whose major results can be checked. They are not a list of Club Natación Axarquía swimmers, and nothing here says they raced for the club.
Each fact sits with its source. If two sources disagree, the page says so or leaves the detail out.
Carmen Collado
Breaststroke swimmer raised in Málaga, from Club Natación Cerrado Calderón. Sydney 2000 and two Spanish 100 m breaststroke titles in 2001.
Guillermo Mediano
Backstroke swimmer born in Málaga. Sydney 2000, 29th in the 200 m backstroke, and 22 Spanish titles itemised by the Andalusian Olympic Foundation.
Ana Belén Palomo
Sprint freestyler from Algeciras, raised in Fuengirola, and a CN Mijas swimmer. Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 in the 50 m freestyle.
Rafael Muñoz
Butterfly swimmer born in Córdoba. World record in the 50 m butterfly (22.43) in Málaga on 5 April 2009, and world bronzes at Rome 2009.
Thomas Snelson
Real Club Mediterráneo swimmer, born in Málaga. Spanish absolute long-distance champion over 5,000 m on 11 February 2012.