Raquel Felgueiras Explained

Raquel Felgueiras
Fullname:Raquel Maria Reis Felgueiras
Strokes:Butterfly
Club:Sporting Clube de Braga
Coach:José Manuel Borges
Birth Date:1 February 1980
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Height:1.710NaN0
Weight:640NaN0
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Raquel Maria Reis Felgueiras (born 1 February 1980) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] 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.[2]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Raquel Felgueiras. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/raquel-felgueiras-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 24 April 2013.
  2. News: Albuquerque. Nuno. Raquel Felgueiras: A única nadadora presente na comitiva nacional. Raquel Felgueiras: The only swimmer in this national delegation. Portuguese. Jornal Record Portugal. 26 July 2000. 24 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151125212915/http://www.record.xl.pt/interior.aspx?content_id=41051. 25 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2 . . . . 232 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  4. News: Varela. Antonio. Raquel Felgueiras também de fora. Raquel Felgueiras is also out. Portuguese. Jornal Record Portugal. 20 September 2000. 24 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151125205828/http://www.record.xl.pt/interior.aspx?content_id=48828. 25 November 2015.
  5. Web site: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 April 2013.
  6. News: Natação: Raquel Felgueiras falha apuramento e anuncia fim de carreira. Swimming: Raquel Felgueiras fails to advance and announces end of career. Portuguese. Jornal Record Portugal. 17 August 2004. 24 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  8. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women's 200 Butterfly Prelims, Day 4: Jedrzejczak Fastest. Nakanishi, Risztov, Sandeno and Thomas All Qualify . . 17 August 2004 . 24 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025130/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7853.asp . 3 December 2005 .

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