Felicity Galvez

{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}

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| fullname = Felicity Madeline Galvez

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| national_team = {{AUS}}

| strokes = Freestyle, butterfly

| club = SOPAC

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria

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| height = {{convert|1.67|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2005 Montreal | 4×100m medley}}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Melbourne | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Rome | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Indianapolis | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Manchester | 50 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Manchester | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Dubai | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Manchester | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Manchester | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Dubai | 50 m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Dubai | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Irvine | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Delhi | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | 200 m butterfly}}

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Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM{{cite web | title = Galvez, Felicity Madeline | work = It's An Honour | publisher = Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1139930 | access-date = 26 January 2009}} (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS at the Olympics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |date=6 June 2011 }}

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

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| Event

| align="center" | Time

| align="center" | Record

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! colspan="4" | Long Course

50m butterflyalign="center" | 26.24

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align="center" | 2009
100m butterflyalign="center" | 57.60

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align="center" | 2008
200m butterflyalign="center" | 2:07.66

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align="center" | 2008
100 m freestylealign="center" | 54.50

| align="center" |

align="center" | 2009
200m freestylealign="center" | 1:58.00

| align="center" |

align="center" | 2008

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| Event

| align="center" | Time

| align="center" | Record

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! colspan="4" | Short Course

50 m butterflyalign="center" | 24.90

| bgcolor="orange" align="center" | Former WR Holder

align="center" | 2010
100 m butterflyalign="center" | 55.43

| bgcolor="orange" align="center" | Former WR Holder

align="center" | 2010
200 m butterflyalign="center" | 2:03.31

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align="center" | 2009
100 m freestylealign="center" | 52.76

| align="center" |

align="center" | 2009
200 m freestylealign="center" | 1:54.88

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align="center" | 2009

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See also

References

{{Reflist|30em}}