Felicity Galvez

Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM[1] (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2] She was educated at Runnymede College in Madrid.

Felicity Galvez
Personal information
Full nameFelicity Madeline Galvez
National team Australia
Born (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985
Melbourne, Victoria
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubSOPAC
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2005 Montreal 4×100m medley
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 200 m butterfly

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
Event Time Record Season
Long Course
50m butterfly26.24 2009
100m butterfly57.60 2008
200m butterfly2:07.66 2008
100 m freestyle54.50 2009
200m freestyle1:58.00 2008
Event Time Record Season
Short Course
50 m butterfly24.90 Former WR Holder2010
100 m butterfly55.43 Former WR Holder2010
200 m butterfly2:03.31 2009
100 m freestyle52.76 2009
200 m freestyle1:54.88 2009

See also

References
  1. "Galvez, Felicity Madeline". It's An Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  2. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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