Javiera Salcedo – Olympic Swimmer and Sportswear Designer

Javiera Salcedo is a former professional swimmer of high performance and sportswear designer, recognized for combining elite sports experience with technical design applied to aquatic sports. Her career blends international competition, technical knowledge, and a creative vision focused on performance.

Javiera Salcedo, elite swimmer

From a very young age, Javiera Salcedo was involved in competitive swimming, specializing in the breaststroke. Throughout her sports career, she participated in national and international competitions, representing her country in top-level events and achieving marks typical of the world elite.

Her time as a professional swimmer was marked by discipline, consistency, and a deep understanding of the body in the water—factors that later became key in her professional development outside the pool.

Javiera Salcedo, sportswear designer

After finishing her sports career, Javiera Salcedo directed her professional future toward fashion design, specializing in technical garments for aquatic sports. Her training and experience allowed her to apply criteria of functionality, ergonomics, and comfort to each design.

Her approach always starts from the real experience of the athlete: freedom of movement, precise fit, material durability, and resistance under intensive use conditions.

Connecting the dots: the birth of Odeclás

In 2010, Javiera Salcedo combined her two great passions—high-performance swimming and fashion design—giving rise to Odeclás. The brand was created with the goal of making technical swimsuits and swimwear designed for those seeking performance, quality, and style in aquatic environments.

Odeclás has progressively established itself as a brand specialized in technical swimwear, developing products aimed both at athletes and people who value functionality and design in swimwear.

Philosophy and legacy

Javiera Salcedo’s philosophy is based on transferring the values of high-performance sports—effort, consistency, precision, and overcoming challenges—to the design and development of each garment. Odeclás is the result of a coherent life journey, where technical knowledge, real experience, and design come together to offer products made to last and perform.