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.

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

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
• World record progression 50 metres butterfly
• World record progression 100 metres butterfly

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

External links

• Felicity Galvez at the Australian Olympic Committee 13 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine