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He started swimming at age 5 as medical advice to correct scoliosis.
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His beginnings as a professional swimmer gave in Badalona Swimming Club. In 2003 he obtained a grant from the Catalan Federation of natació to train at the High Performance Center in San Cugat del Valles to the orders of Jordi died and was signed to the L'Hospitalet Swimming Club. After spending six years in this club
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At the 2006 Youth World Championships, she was the Junior World Champion in 400 m freestyle and 400m individual medley, and the Junior European Champion in 200m freestyle and 400m individual medley.
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She achieved the 2nd place in 400 m individual medley in the 2007 European SC Championship with 4:31.06
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On 21 March 2008, at the 2008 European LC Championships Belmonte won the women's 200m individual breaking the European Championships record with the time of 2:11.16. In December 2008 at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008, Belmonte set the short-course world record for 400m individual medley (4:25.06), bettering the 4:25.87 set by Julia Smit earlier in the year.
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In December 2010 she won three gold medals and a silver medal in the FINA Short Course World Championship.
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In August 2012 Belmonte won two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London:[1] one in 200m butterfly and another one in 800m freestyle. She became the first Spanish swimmer to win two Olympic medals.
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Belmonte posted a 7:59.34 in the 800 SCM Freestyle to become the first woman to ever break 8:00 This was her first freestyle world record
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At the moument she was 36 medals, and adding
