Felicity Galvez

Felicity Galvez

Personal information
Full name	Felicity Madeline Galvez
National team	Australia
Born	4 March 1985 Melbourne, Victoria
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Club	SOPAC
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal 4×100m medley 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2009 Rome 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley 2008 Manchester 50 m butterfly 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly 2010 Dubai 100 m butterfly 2008 Manchester 200 m butterfly 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley 2010 Dubai 50 m butterfly 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 4×100 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 200 m butterfly

Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM^[1] (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[2] She was educated at Runnymede College in Madrid.

Career

She broke both the short course 50-metre and 100-metre butterfly world records in 2008, in 25.32 and 55.89, respectively. The 100-metre record lasted for less than a month, as teammate Libby Trickett lowered it on 26 April 2008. The 50-metre record was broken by Therese Alshammar during the Stockholm stop of the 2008 FINA World Cup Series, but Marieke Guehrer returned it to Australian hands just days later. Galvez broke the 100m butterfly short course world record again at the 2009 FINA World Cup Series in Stockholm with a 55.46. That is 0.22 seconds faster than the previous mark of 55.68 set by Australian teammate, Jessicah Schipper on 12 August 2009.

Career best times

Event Time Record Season Long Course 50m butterfly 26.24 2009 100m butterfly 57.60 2008 200m butterfly 2:07.66 2008 100 m freestyle 54.50 2009 200m freestyle 1:58.00 2008

Event Time Record Season Short Course 50 m butterfly 24.90 Former WR Holder 2010 100 m butterfly 55.43 Former WR Holder 2010 200 m butterfly 2:03.31 2009 100 m freestyle 52.76 2009 200 m freestyle 1:54.88 2009

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 50 metres butterfly
• World record progression 100 metres butterfly

References

1. "Galvez, Felicity Madeline". It's An Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
2. AIS at the Olympics