Mireia Belmonte García

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Belmonte and the second or maternal family name is García.

Mireia Belmonte García

Personal information
Full name	Mireia Belmonte García
Nationality	Spain
Born	10 November 1990 (1990-11-10) (age 21) Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Spain World Championships (SC) Gold 2010 Dubai 200 m butterfly Gold 2010 Dubai 200 m medley Gold 2010 Dubai 400 m medley Silver 2008 Manchester 200 m indiv. medley Silver 2010 Dubai 800 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Manchester 400 m indiv. medley European Championships – Long Course Gold 2008 Eindhoven 200 m indiv. medley Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 200 m butterfly European Championships – Short Course Gold 2008 Rijeka 400 m indiv. medley Silver 2009 Istanbul 400 m indiv. medley Silver 2007 Debrecen 400 m indiv. medley

Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990 in Badalona, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer. In 2006 she was the Junior World Champion in 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual mmedley, and the Junior European Champion in 200 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley. She achieved the 2nd place in 400 m individual medley in the 2007 European SC Championship with 4:31.06, just behind the Italian Alessia Filippi.

On 21 March 2008, at the 2008 European LC Championships held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Belmonte won the women's 200 m individual medley breaking the European Championships record with the time of 2:11.16. She also reached the 8th place in the 400 m individual medley.

In December 2008 at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008, Belmonte set the short-course world record for 400 m individual medley (4:25.06), bettering the 4:25.87 set by Julia Smit earlier in the year.

In December 2010 she won three gold medals and a silver medal in the FINA Short pool World Championship

Her club is the CN Hospitalet.

See also

• European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007
• List of Spanish records in swimming
• World record progression 400 metres individual medley

References

• 2nd place in the European Championship (Catalan)
• Interview with Mireia Belmonte (Catalan)

Records
Preceded by Julia Smit	Women's 400 metres individual medley world record holder (short course) 14 December 2008 – 22 November 2009	Succeeded by Kathryn Meaklim

Persondata
Name	Belmonte, Mireia
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 November 1990
Place of birth	Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Date of death
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