Felicity Galvez

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Felicity Galvez
Personal information
Full name: Felicity Galvez
Nationality: Flag of Australia Australia
Stroke(s): Butterfly
Club: Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
Date of birth: March 4, 1985 (1985-03-04) (age 23)
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight: 58 kilograms (130 lb)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for Flag of Australia Australia
World Championships - Long Course
Gold 2007 Melbourne[1] 4 x 100 m medley relay
Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m medley relay
World Championships (SC)
Gold 2008 Manchester 50 m butterfly
Gold 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly
Silver 2008 Manchester 200 m butterfly
Silver 2008 Manchester 4x100 m medley
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m medley relay
Commonwealth Games
Silver 2006 Melbourne[2] 200 m butterfly

Felicity Galvez (born March 4, 1985) is a Australian swimmer from Melbourne. She currently holds the 50 m and 100m butterfly (short course) world records in swimming after winning the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships final in a time of 25.32 seconds on April 11, 2008 and 55.89 seconds on April 13, 2008 respectively. [3]

Personal bests
Event Short course
50 m butterfly 25.32 (WR)
100 m butterfly 55.89
(WR) – World record

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  2. ^ Swimming Schedule and Results. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
  3. ^ Felicity Galvez. Australian Olympic Comitee. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Flag of Australia Libby Lenton		 Women's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)
13 April 2008 – 26 April 2008		 Succeeded by
Flag of AustraliaLibby Trickett
Preceded by
Flag of Sweden Anna-Karin Kammerling		 Women's 50 metre butterfly
world record holder (short course)
April 11, 2008 – present		 Incumbent
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