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Swimming · Medley and butterfly · Spain

Mireia Belmonte

2006–present · Spain's first female Olympic swimming champion, in the 200m butterfly in 2016.

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100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
87.0
Cultural & brand footprint 46/100 · total legacy 78.6
Olympic golds
1
Olympic medals
4
World Championship golds
2
Short course world titles
10
European titles
8

Category profile

Dominance
84
Peak
90
Longevity
86
Honours
88
Statistics
88

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
20082
20093
20105
20116
20128
20136
20147
20155
20166
20174
20183
20192
20201
20211
20221
20231

Data sources

  • World Aquatics
  • Olympedia
  • IOC

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Mireia Belmonte ranks #28 in Swimming

Mireia Belmonte ranks 28th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 264th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 2006–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, olympic medals 4, world championship golds 2, short course world titles 10.

Immediately ahead sits Emma McKeon on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Katinka Hosszú on 86.9. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.

Mireia Belmonte GOAT Score explained

Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Belmonte stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
Peak90/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 90/100.
Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
Honours88/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.

Mireia Belmonte — frequently asked

Is Mireia Belmonte the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Mireia Belmonte ranks 28th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
What is Mireia Belmonte's GOAT Score?
87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Mireia Belmonte rank all time?
264th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Swimming.
Mireia Belmonte vs Emma McKeon: who ranks higher?
Mireia Belmonte, on 87.0 against Emma McKeon's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.
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