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| Full name | Erika Villaécija García | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 (age 40) Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | C.N. Hospitalet (2008) C.N. Sant Andreu (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erika Villaécija García (born 2 June 1984 in Barcelona, Spain), known as Erika Villaécija, is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Spain. She swam at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic team. And she has qualified for the 2016 Olympic team.
As of June 2009, she holds the Spanish Records in the long course 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.
2012 Summer Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics| 2012 Summer Olympics Events | |||
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| Event | Time | Place | |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:27.99 | 10 | |
| 10 km open water | 1-58:49.5 | 7 | |
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villaécija and the second or maternal family name is García.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erika Villaécija". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- "Emotivo adiós de Erika Villaécija: "Llegué más lejos de lo que podía imaginar"" [Emotional goodbye to Erika Villaécija: "I went further than I could imagine"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 November 2018.
- "1500-Free-W" (PDF). LEN. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- "JO2012 / Ya son 13 los olímpicos españoles RFEN" [Olympic Games 2012: There are 13 Spanish Olympians]. RFEN.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Swimming Federation. April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
External links
- Erika Villaecija at World Aquatics
- Erika Villaécija at Olympedia (archive)
- Erika Villaecija at Olympics.com
- Erika Villaecija Garcia at Olympic.org (archived)
- Erika Villaécija García (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
| World short-course champions in women's 800 m freestyle | |
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| 2004 Spain Olympic swimming team | ||
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Spanish female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Spain
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Swimmers from Barcelona
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