Diana Gomes (swimmer) explained

Diana Gomes
Fullname:Diana Duarte Gomes
Strokes:Breaststroke
Club:Associacão dos Bombeiros
Voluntários dos Estoris
Coach:Filipe Coelho
Birth Date:6 July 1989
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Height:1.670NaN0
Weight:540NaN0
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Diana Duarte Gomes (born July 6, 1989) is a Portuguese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time Portuguese record holder for the long and short course breaststroke events (50, 100, and 200 m). She also won three medals (two golds and one bronze) in the same category at the 2005 European Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[2]

Gomes made her first Olympic team, as Portugal's youngest swimmer (aged 15), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In the 100 m breaststroke, Gomes finished in last place on the fourth heat by four tenths of a second (0.40) behind Croatia's Smiljana Marinović in 1:11.40.[3] [4] In the 200 m breaststroke, Gomes placed twenty-third in the morning prelims with a seasonal best of 2:34.23, nearly two seconds farther from the Portuguese record (2:31.32).[5] [6] [7]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Gomes qualified for the second time in two swimming events, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 1:09.96 (100 m breaststroke) from the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and 2:30.35 (200 m breaststroke) from the EDF Swimming Open in Paris, France.[8] [9] [10] In her first event, 100 m breaststroke, Gomes challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including South Korea's Jung Seul-Ki, and two-time Olympian Inna Kapishina of Belarus. She edged out Kapishina to a third-place sprint by 0.15 of a second, lowering her Olympic time to 1:10.02.[11] In the 200 m breaststroke, Gomes lowered her personal best to 2:30.18, but failed to advance into the semifinals for the second time, as she placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Diana Gomes. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/diana-gomes-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 16 January 2013.
  2. News: Diana Gomes conquista o ouro em Budapeste. Diana Gomes wins the gold in Budapest. Portuguese. Jornal de Noticias. 16 July 2005. 16 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  4. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two . . 15 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060703013421/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7809.asp . 3 July 2006 .
  5. News: Natação: Diana Gomes falha recorde. Swimming: Diana Gomes misses record. Portuguese. Record XL. 19 August 2004. 16 January 2013.
  6. Web site: Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  7. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women’s 200 Breaststroke Day 5 Prelims: Leisel Jones Leads the Way Again in 2:26.02 . . 18 August 2004 . 1 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025603/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7876.asp . 3 December 2005 .
  8. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke. PDF. 68. Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2013.
  9. News: Diana Gomes garante mínimos para Jogos Olímpicos de Pequim nos 200 metros bruços. Diana Gomes guarantees place in the 200 metres breaststroke for the Beijing Olympics. Portuguese. https://archive.today/20130416164852/http://publico.pt/noticia/diana-gomes-garante-minimos-para-jogos-olimpicos-de-pequim-nos-200-metros-brucos-1301350. dead. 16 April 2013. Publico Portugal. 3 August 2007. 16 January 2013.
  10. Web site: 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals. PDF. Omega Timing. 10 April 2013.
  11. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4 . . . 16 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032037/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW031900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  12. Web site: Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3 . . . 16 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062305/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW032900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .

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