Erika Villaécija García

Erika Villaécija García ( born June 2, 1984 in Barcelona) is a Spanish swimmer.

Career

Villaécijas excels in long freestyle distances, namely 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters. About 400 meters freestyle, she joined already at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2002 on the first time, when she reached the eighth place. Only a year later, at the Short Course European Championships 2003 in Dublin, she won the gold medal in the 800 meters freestyle her first international title. In the long course 2004 European Championships in Madrid, she could also erschwimmen a European champion with the gold medal in the 800 meters freestyle. A second title she won additionally together with the Spanish 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay. That same year she also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she won the finals and then the fifth place in the 800 meters freestyle. With the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay was sixth overall. Only about 400 meters freestyle distance she could not reach the finals with the 18th Place. The European Swimming Championships 2008 in Eindhoven could successfully end up with two European Vice Champion titles in the 800 meters and 1500 meters freestyle Villaécija. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she came over both 400 meters freestyle with a 23th Place and in the 800 meters freestyle with a 16th place does not have the prelims also. Also at the World Swimming Championships 2009 in Rome, she failed to win a medal with a sixth place in the 800 meters freestyle and a fifth over 1500 meters freestyle. Only at the Short Course European Championships 2009 in Istanbul, she won the 800m freestyle silver medal. In the Short Course World Championships 2012 at the same place they occupied in the final 400m to eighth place ( 4:05,78 ), it won her compatriot Melanie Costa. About 800 m in a fifth rank jumped out ( 8:16,90 ).