Felicity Galvez

Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She was educated at Runnymede College in Madrid.

Career She broke both the short course 50-metre and 100-metre butterfly world records in 2008, in 25.32 and 55.89, respectively. The 100-metre record lasted for less than a month, as teammate Libby Trickett lowered it on 26 April 2008. The 50-metre record was broken by Therese Alshammar during the Stockholm stop of the 2008 FINA World Cup Series, but Marieke Guehrer returned it to Australian hands just days later. Galvez broke the 100m butterfly short course world record again at the 2009 FINA World Cup Series in Stockholm with a 55.46. That is 0.22 seconds faster than the previous mark of 55.68 set by Australian teammate, Jessicah Schipper on 12 August 2009.

Career best times

Event Time Record Season Long Course 50m butterfly 26.24 2009 100m butterfly 57.60 2008 200m butterfly 2:07.66 2008 100 m freestyle 54.50 2009 200m freestyle 1:58.00 2008 Event Time Record Season Short Course 50 m butterfly 24.90 Former WR Holder 2010 100 m butterfly 55.43 Former WR Holder 2010 200 m butterfly 2:03.31 2009 100 m freestyle 52.76 2009 200 m freestyle 1:54.88 2009