Mireia Belmonte

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 10 November 1990
Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Butterfly, Medley

Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990) is a Spanish medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer. She currently holds five world records in short course events.

2006 Youth World Championships

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.

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

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]

2014 FINA World Cup series

World Records:

Event Time Date Place
200m butterfly 1:59.61 December 3, 2014 Doha, Qatar
400m individual medley 4:19.86 December 3, 2014 Doha, Qatar

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
Hungary Katinka Hosszú		 Women's 400 metres individual medley
world record holder (short course)
December 14, 2008 – November 22, 2009
December 3, 2014 – present 		Succeeded by

South Africa Kathryn Meaklim
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
France Camille Muffat		 Women's 800 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
10 August 2013 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by

Denmark Lotte Friis
New Zealand Lauren Boyle		 Women's 1500 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
November 29, 2013 – August 9, 2014
December 12, 2014 – present 		Succeeded by

New Zealand Lauren Boyle
Incumbent
Preceded by
China Liu Zige		 Women's 200 metres butterfly
world record holder (short course)
3 December 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by
Marina Alabau		 Spanish Sportswoman of the Year
2013 		Succeeded by
Incumbent