Raquel Felgueiras

Raquel Maria Reis Felgueiras (born 1 February 1980) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[2] She held a long-course Portuguese record in the 200 m butterfly until it was broken by Sara Oliveira in 2008 (2:10.14). Felgueiras is a former member of Sporting Clube de Braga, and is trained by her long-time coach and mentor José Manuel Borges.[1]

Raquel Felgueiras
Personal information
Full nameRaquel Maria Reis Felgueiras
National team Portugal
Born (1980-02-01) 1 February 1980
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubSporting Clube de Braga[1]
CoachJosé Manuel Borges[1]

Felgueiras made her Olympic debut, as Portugal's only female swimmer, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 200 m butterfly. Swimming in heat two, she picked up a fifth spot and twenty-seventh overall by 0.72 of a second behind Ukraine's Zhanna Lozumyrska in 2:15.19.[3][4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Felgueiras qualified again for the 200 m butterfly by eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 2:13.08 from the European Championships in Madrid.[5][6] She challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including top medal favorite Éva Risztov of Hungary. She raced to sixth place by 0.54 of a second behind Risztov's teammate Beatrix Boulsevicz, matching her personal best and entry time of 2:13.08. Felgueiras failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twentieth overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]

References
  1. Albuquerque, Nuno (26 July 2000). "Raquel Felgueiras: A única nadadora presente na comitiva nacional" [Raquel Felgueiras: The only swimmer in this national delegation] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raquel Felgueiras". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. Varela, Antonio (20 September 2000). "Raquel Felgueiras também de fora" [Raquel Felgueiras is also out] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  6. "Natação: Raquel Felgueiras falha apuramento e anuncia fim de carreira" [Swimming: Raquel Felgueiras fails to advance and announces end of career] (in Portuguese). Jornal Record Portugal. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  7. "Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Women's 200 Butterfly Prelims, Day 4: Jedrzejczak Fastest. Nakanishi, Risztov, Sandeno and Thomas All Qualify". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2013.


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