Diana Gomes (swimmer)

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Diana Gomes
Personal information
Full nameDiana Duarte Gomes
National teamFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Born (1989-07-06) 6 July 1989 (age 33)
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubAssociacão dos Bombeiros
Voluntários dos Estoris
CoachFilipe Coelho
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Portugal
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Budapest 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Budapest 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Budapest 50 m breaststroke

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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References

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  2. ↑ "Diana Gomes conquista o ouro em Budapeste" [Diana Gomes wins the gold in Budapest] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Noticias. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Natação: Diana Gomes falha recorde" [Swimming: Diana Gomes misses record] (in Portuguese). Record XL. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women's 200 Breaststroke Day 5 Prelims: Leisel Jones Leads the Way Again in 2:26.02". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 68. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "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] (in Portuguese). Publico Portugal. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
Awards
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 Portuguese Sportswoman of the Year
2005		Succeeded by


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