Felicity Galvez
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Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. 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
| Long Course | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Event | Time | Record | Season |
| 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)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 50 metres butterfly
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
External links
- at World Aquatics
- at Olympedia
- at Olympics.com
- at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- at Commonwealth Games Australia
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 June 2019)
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byLibby Lenton | Women's 100-metre butterfly world record-holder (short course) 13 April 2008 – 26 April 2008 | Succeeded byLibby Trickett |
| Preceded byJessicah Schipper | Women's 100-metre butterfly world record-holder (short course) 11 November 2009 – 12 December 2009 | Succeeded byDiane Bui Duyet |
| Preceded byAnna-Karin Kammerling | Women's 50-metre butterfly world record-holder (short course) 11 April 2008 – 12 November 2008 | Succeeded byTherese Alshammar |