Mireia Belmonte Biography

  • She was born

    She was born
    Mireia Belmonte Garcia was born November 10, 1990 in Badalona.
    It is a Spanish swimmer, world champion and double Olympic silver medalist Europe, competing in the categories of styles, butterfly and freestyle.
  • She began swimming

    She began swimming
    She started swimming at age 4 on medical advice Badalona Swimming Club
  • She gets a scholarship

    in 2003 she got a scholarship from the Catalan Swimming Federation to train at the High Performance Center in San Cugat del Valles
  • She was a champios

    She was a champios
    In 2006 World Junior Champion was proclaimed in 400 m freestyle and 400 m styles, and also was European Junior Champion in 200 m freestyle and 400 m styles.
  • classified to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing.

    classified to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing.
    And March 21, 2008, at the European Swimming Championships won the women's singles final of 200 m styles, broke the record of the championships with a time of 2:11:16 and won the bronze medal in 200 m butterfly .
  • wins three gold medals

    wins three gold medals
    At the World Short Course Dubai, Mireia Belmonte wins three golds: the 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m medley styles as well as a silver in the 800m free.
  • Records in Spain

    Mireia won the world season best in 400m medley with a new record of Spain, also in 2011 in the 800 freestyle in the record of Spain with a time of 8.22: 78.
  • last record

    last record
    Mireia win two gold medals in the 200 m butterfly and 400 m styles, also became the first swimmer to lose 2 minutes in the 200 m butterfly