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
National team  Spain
Born (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990
Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 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 × 200 m 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

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Records
Preceded by

Julia Smit
Katinka Hosszú
Women's 400 metres individual medley
world record holder (short course)

December 14, 2008 November 22, 2009
December 3, 2014 December 2, 2015
Succeeded by

Kathryn Meaklim
Katinka Hosszú
Preceded by
Camille Muffat
Women's 400 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)

11 August 2013 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Camille Muffat
Women's 800 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)

10 August 2013 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by

Lotte Friis
Lauren Boyle
Women's 1500 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)

November 29, 2013 August 9, 2014
December 12, 2014 present
Succeeded by

Lauren Boyle
Incumbent
Preceded by
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
Carolina Marín
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