Mireia Belmonte

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Belmonte and the second or maternal family name is García.
Mireia Belmonte
Personal information
Full name Mireia Belmonte García
Nationality  Spain
Born (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990
Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming

Mireia Belmonte García (born November 10, 1990) is a Spanish medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.

2006 Youth World Championships

In 2006 at the 2006 FINA Youth World Championships, she was the Junior World Champion in 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley, and the Junior European Champion in 200 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley.This year she trained with Jordi .

2007 European SC Championship

She achieved the 2nd place in 400 m individual medley in the 2007 European SC Championship with 4:31.06, just behind the Italian Alessia Filippi.This year she started to train with Carles Subirana.

2008 European Championship

On 21 March 2008, at the 2008 European LC Championships held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Belmonte won the women's 200 m individual medley breaking the European Championships record with the time of 2:11.16. She also reached the 8th place in the 400 m individual medley. In December 2008 at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008, Belmonte set the short-course world record for 400 m individual medley (4:25.06), bettering the 4:25.87 set by Julia Smit earlier in the year.

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships

In December 2010 she won three gold medals and a silver medal in the FINA Short Course World Championship.

2012 Summer Olympics

See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

In August 2012 Belmonte won two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London:[1] one in 200m butterfly and another one in 800m freestyle. She became the first Spanish swimmer to win two Olympic medals.

2012 Summer Olympics Events
Event Time Place
400m IM 4:35.62 8
400m Freestyle 4:08.23 13
200m IM 2:11.54 10
200m Butterfly 2:05.25 Silver
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:54.59 10
800m Freestyle 8:18.76 Silver

2013 FINA World Cup series

Belmonte posted a 7:59.34 in the 800 SCM Freestyle to become the first woman to ever break 8:00. [2] This was her first freestyle world record. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Women's 200m Butterfly at london2012.com
  2. ↑ http://swimswam.com/mireia-belmonte-garcia-blasts-new-world-record-in-800-scm-free-first-woman-under-800-barrier/
  3. ↑ http://swimswam.com/mireia-belmonte-garcia-blasts-new-world-record-in-800-scm-free-first-woman-under-800-barrier/

External links

Records
Preceded by
United States Julia Smit		 Women's 400 metres individual medley
world record holder (short course)
14 December 2008 – 22 November 2009 		Succeeded by
South Africa Kathryn Meaklim
Preceded by
France Camille Muffat		 Women's 800 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
10 August 2013 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
France Camille Muffat		 Women's 400 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
11 August 2013 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Denmark Lotte Friis		 Women's 1500 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
29 November 2013 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Men's competition
Women's competition
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