Mireia Belmonte

Mireia Belmonte is Spain's most decorated Olympic swimmer, capturing a gold medal in the 200m butterfly at Rio 2016. Her relentless work ethic and masterful butterfly technique have also yielded four other Olympic medals across four Games. In 2008, she set a Spanish record in the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:05.25, outperforming #4 Saúl Craviotto's peak Olympic performance in individual events. As a multiple world champion, Belmonte's medal tally is 30% larger than the average Spanish Olympian's, cementing her legacy as a trailblazer in Spanish swimming.