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Raquel Felgueiras

Raquel Felgueiras

Portuguese swimmer

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]

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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

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    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.
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    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.
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    "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.
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    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.
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    "Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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    "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.
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    "Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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    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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