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Mireia Belmonte
] Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990) is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion Swimming (sport), swimmer. She is the former world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly, 400 metre individual medley, 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she became Olympic champion in the 200-metre butterfly, and also won the bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley. She previously competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where she debuted at 17 years old, and at 2012 London, where she won two silver medals, one in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 2:05.25 and one in the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:18.76. Early years Mireia's parents, José Belmonte (from Freila, Granada) and Paqui García (fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
García (surname)
Garcia, Gartzia or García is an Iberian Peninsula, Iberian surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, Andorra, the Americas, France and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; ''García'' was a very common first name in early medieval Iberia. Origins It may have been a Basques, Basque surname "Gaztea" which later was Hispanicization, Castilianized in the medieval Kingdom of Castile to become "García". It is attested since the High Middle Ages north and south of the Pyrenees (Basque Country (greater region), Basque Culture Territories), with the surname (and sometimes first name too) thriving, especially in the Kingdom of Navarre, and spreading out to Castile (historical region), Castile and other Spanish regions. believed it to derive from the Basque adjective ''garze(a)'' meaning "young", whose modern form is ''gaztea'' or ''gaztia''. Ramón Menéndez Pidal and Antonio Tovar suggested it may come from the Basque word ''(H)artz'', meaning "(the) Bear".Gartzia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. China's Jiao Liuyang stormed home on the final stretch to upgrade her silver from Beijing four years earlier with an Olympic title in the event. She produced a striking effort on the last lap to come from behind and demolish the field with a gold-medal time and a new Olympic record in 2:04.06, shaving 0.12 seconds off the standard set by teammate Liu Zige. Meanwhile, Mireia Belmonte García made an Olympic milestone to become Spain's first ever female medalist and fourth overall in swimming, as she brought home the silver in 2:05.25, the ninth-fastest of all time. Japan's Natsumi Hoshi added a sixth bronze to her swimming squad at these Games, in a sterling time of 2:05.48. Leading through the prelims and the semifinals, U.S. swimmer Kathleen Hersey finished off the podium with a fourth-place time in 2:05.78, a full se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Women's 200 Metre Individual Medley
The Women's 200 Individual Medley (or "I.M.") at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), formerly known as the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), also referred to as 'short course worlds', are an international swimming competition staged by the internationally recognized governi ... was swum on 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 38 swimmers swam in the preliminary heats, with the top-8 finishers advancing to the final that evening. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - Women's 200 metre individual medley Individual medley 200 metre, Women's World Short Course Swimming Championships 2010 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 M) – Women's 200 Metre Butterfly
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. FINA announced on April 9, 2006 that Dubai had defeated the only other bidder Istanbul, Turkey, 11 votes to 10, after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Shanghai, China. The USA topped the medal standings with a total of 25 medals. A total of 57 Championship Records, and 4 World Records were set. American Ryan Lochte and Spaniard Mireia Belmonte were named swimmers of the competition. Lochte became the first individual ever to win 7 medals at a Short Course Worlds, and became the first individual to swim a World Record since suits-rule changes went into effect in January 2010. Belmonte won a total of four medals, tied for the most with American Rebecca Soni. Participating nations The entry list released on the FINA website befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 Metre Individual Medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28–29 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were: Results Heats The heats were held at 10:45. Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:24. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held at 19:26. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 200 metre individual medley Individual medley 200 metre, women's World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are st ... 2013 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 Metre Individual Medley
The Women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 30 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held at 09:30. Final The final was held at 18:20. References Women's 400 metre individual medley 2017 in women's swimming {{Swimming-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held on 24 July at 10:48. Final The final was held on 25 July at 17:40. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 1500 metre freestyle Women's 1500 metre freestyle 2017 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 Metre Individual Medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were: Results Heats The heats were held at 10:24. Final The final was held at 19:14. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 400 metre individual medley Individual medley 400 metre, women's World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are st ... 2013 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 Metre Butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were: Results Heats The heats were held at 10:38. Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:55. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held at 18:46. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 200 metre butterfly Butterfly 0200 metre, women's World Aquatics Championships The World Aquatics Championships, formerly the FINA World Championships, are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are st ... 2013 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Aquatics Championships
The 15th FINA World Championships (, ) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: , , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 Metre Butterfly
The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, 2017 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2017. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Results Heats The heats were held on 26 July at 10:17. Semifinals The semifinals were held on 26 July at 18:25. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final The final was held on 27 July at 18:34. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 200 metre butterfly Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Women's 200 metre butterfly 2017 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
