Erika Villaécija

{{short description|Spanish swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Erika Villaécija

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| full_name = Erika Villaécija García

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| nationality = {{ESP}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

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| height = 1.77 m

| weight = 61 kg

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = C.N. Hospitalet (2008)
C.N. Sant Andreu (2009)

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| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ESP}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Madrid | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Madrid | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2002 Berlin | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2008 Eindhoven | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2008 Eindhoven | 1500 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2010 Budapest|1500 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Debrecen|1500 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2001 Tunis | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2005 Almería | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2005 Almería | 1500 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2005 Almería | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2005 Almería | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Short Course Worlds}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Dubai|800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2008 Manchester | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Short Course Europeans}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Dublin | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2007 Debrecen | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2009 Istanbul | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Szczecin | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2004 Vienna | 400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2004 Vienna | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2006 Helsinki | 800 m freestyle}}

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Erika Villaécija García{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Villaécija|García}} (born 2 June 1984 in Barcelona, Spain), known as Erika Villaécija,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/erika-villaecija-1.html |title=Erika Villaécija |access-date=2012-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204035037/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/erika-villaecija-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-04}}{{cite news |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/natacion/20181105/452752508483/emotivo-adios-de-erika-villaecija-llegue-mas-lejos-de-lo-que-podia-imaginar.html |title=Emotivo adiós de Erika Villaécija: "Llegué más lejos de lo que podía imaginar" |trans-title=Emotional goodbye to Erika Villaécija: "I went further than I could imagine" |work=Mundo Deportivo |language=es |date=5 November 2018}} is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Spain.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanchampionships.org/Eindhoven2008/docs/1500-Free-W.pdf |title=1500-Free-W |publisher=LEN |access-date=2008-06-07}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} She swam at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic team.{{cite web |url=http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/noticias.asp?n=8019 |title=JO2012 / Ya son 13 los olímpicos españoles RFEN |trans-title=Olympic Games 2012: There are 13 Spanish Olympians |language=es |website=RFEN.es |publisher=Royal Spanish Swimming Federation |date=April 2012 |access-date=1 June 2012 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903055647/http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/noticias.asp?n=8019 |url-status=dead }} And she has qualified for the 2016 Olympic team.

As of June 2009, she holds the Spanish Records in the long course 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.