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Mireia Belmonte Garcia

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Mireia Belmonte García is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

) is a Spanish

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

medley

Medley swimming

Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

, freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

and butterfly

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

swimmer. In 2006 she was the Junior World Champion

FINA Youth World Swimming Championships

The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for swimmers under the age of 18 years old. It is held biennially, and has been held since 2006...

in 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual mmedley, and the Junior European Champion

European Junior Swimming Championships

The European Junior Swimming Championships is an annual swimming competition for European swimmers organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation and held over five days...

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

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007

The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships, held in Debrecen, Hungary between 13–16 December...

with 4:31.06, just behind the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Alessia Filippi

Alessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle ....

.

On 21 March 2008, at the 2008 European LC Championships held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, 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

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008

The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 took place in Rijeka, Croatia from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2008.-Medal table:-Medal summary:Legend:* WR = World record* ER = European record* CR = Championships record...

, 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.

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