Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.
Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters and reaching 1500 meters, also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions.
Burcu Dolunay is a Turkish female swimmer competing in the freestyle events. The 1.74 m tall sportswoman at 63 kg (139 lb) is a member of Galatasaray Swimming team since 2006. She studied at Istanbul University. Dolunay is holder of several national records in freestyle.
Georgios Dimitriadis is a Cypriot former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He is a two-time Olympian, and a former Cypriot record holder in the 200, and 400 m individual medley and 400 m individual medley
The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool. Italy's Elena Gemo was the defending champion.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia is the defending champion from 2009 Mediterranean Games.
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia was the defending champion from the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey. Italy is the defending champion from the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
Praphalsai "Waen" Minpraphal is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly, but also competed in backstroke and individual medley. She represented Thailand in all three editions of the Olympic Games since 1992, and earned numerous medals in her own specialties at the Southeast Asian Games since 1991. While residing in the United States on her college career, she helped the California Golden Bears set a new world record (1:49.23) and capture the 4×50 m medley title at the 2000 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Minpraphal is among the Asian swimmers, along with Joscelin Yeo of Singapore and Akiko Thomson of the Philippines, to train for the Bears under women's head coach Teri McKeever.
Sia Wai Yen is a Malaysian swimmer who specialised in long-distance freestyle and individual medley events. At the age of 16 she represented Malaysia at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won four medals in two editions of the Southeast Asian Games, and later became a top 8 finalist at the 2002 Asian Games.
Finland participated at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2013 Mediterranean Games was held on 22 June 2013 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool.
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 23 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 22 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
