Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
She was educated at Runnymede College in Madrid.

Career

She broke both the short course 50-metre and 100-metre

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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.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galvez, Felicity 1985 births Living people Australian female butterfly swimmers World record setters in swimming Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Australian female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People educated at MLC School Swimmers from Melbourne Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic gold medalists in swimming Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian sportswomen

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