Ralph Goveia

Ralph Goveia

Personal information
Full name	Ralph Wesley Goveia
Nationality	Zambia
Born	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly
Medal record African Championships 2018 Algiers 100 m butterfly

Ralph Goveia (born March 8, 1996) is a Zambian swimmer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre butterfly event; his time of 54.84 seconds in the heats did not qualify him for the semifinals.^[1][2]

Major Results[]

Individual[]

Long course[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zambia
2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	58th (h)	50 m butterfly	26.31
			49th (h)	100 m butterfly	57.66
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Great Britain	24th (h)	100 m breaststroke	1:07.54
			18th (h)	50 m butterfly	25.35
			19th (h)	100 m butterfly	56.33
			19th (h)	200 m medley	2:13.90
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	22nd (h)	50 m butterfly	25.33
			18th (h)	100 m butterfly	56.16
2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	46th (h)	50 m butterfly	25.16
			55th (h)	100 m butterfly	56.34
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	10th (h)	50 m breaststroke	29.92
			9th (h)	100 m breaststroke	1:08.14
			6th	50 m butterfly	25.25
			7th	100 m butterfly	56.38
			-	200 m medley *1	DNS
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	38th (h)	100 m butterfly	54.84
	African Championships[3]	Bloemfontein, South Africa	8th	50 m freestyle	24.86
			9th (h)	100 m freestyle	54.00
			10th (h)	200 m freestyle	2:02.09
			4th	50 m butterfly	25.17
			4th	100 m butterfly	55.46
2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	39th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.56
			53rd (h)	100 m butterfly	54.86
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	-	50 m breaststroke	DNS
			14th (sf)	50 m butterfly	24.49
			10th (sf)	100 m butterfly	54.10
	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	10th (h)	50 m freestyle	24.19
			-	50 m breaststroke *2	DNS
			4th	50 m butterfly	24.67
			3rd	100 m butterfly	54.53
2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	54th (h)	50 m butterfly	25.08
			49th (h)	100 m butterfly	55.14
	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	15th (h)	50 m freestyle	24.17
			10th (h)	50 m breaststroke	29.26
			8th	50 m butterfly	24.90
			8th	100 m butterfly	55.10

Note:

• ¹ Did not start in the final. (At the heats, he finished 8th place with 2:13.12 new national record.)
• ² Did not start in the final. (At the heats, he finished 7th place with 29.32 new national record.)

Short course[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zambia
2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	74th (h)	50 m butterfly	26.34
			72nd (h)	100 m butterfly	58.90
			55th (h)	100 m medley	1:02.46
2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	63rd (h)	50 m freestyle	23.27
			61st (h)	50 m breaststroke	28.79
			34th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.00
			39th (h)	100 m butterfly	53.63
			46th (h)	100 m medley	57.15
2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	45th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.18
			46th (h)	100 m butterfly	54.42

Relay[]

Long course[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zambia
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Great Britain	13th (h)	4 × 100 m freestyle	3:49.62
			13th (h)	4 × 100 m medley	4:12.10
2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	20th (h)	4 × 100 m mixed medley	4:14.40
2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	10th (h)	4 × 100 m mixed medley

Short course[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zambia
2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	23rd (h)	4 × 50 m mixed medley	1:50.01

References[]

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