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Ralph Goveia

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Ralph Goveia
Personal information
Full nameRalph Wesley Goveia
Nationality Zambia
Born (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly
Medal record
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Algiers 100 m butterfly

Ralph Wesley Goveia Assafrao (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

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Individual

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Long course

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Zambia
2013 World Championships Spain Barcelona, Spain 58th (h) 50 m butterfly 26.31
49th (h) 100 m butterfly 57.66
2014 Commonwealth Games United Kingdom 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 China Nanjing, China 22nd (h) 50 m butterfly 25.33
18th (h) 100 m butterfly 56.16
2015 World Championships Russia Kazan, Russia 46th (h) 50 m butterfly 25.16
55th (h) 100 m butterfly 56.34
African Games Republic of the Congo 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 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 38th (h) 100 m butterfly 54.84
African Championships[3] South Africa 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 Hungary Budapest, Hungary 39th (h) 50 m butterfly 24.56
53rd (h) 100 m butterfly 54.86
2018 Commonwealth Games Australia Gold Coast, Australia - 50 m breaststroke DNS
14th (sf) 50 m butterfly 24.49
10th (sf) 100 m butterfly 54.10
African Championships Algeria 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 South Korea Gwangju, South Korea 54th (h) 50 m butterfly 25.08
49th (h) 100 m butterfly 55.14
African Games Morocco 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

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Zambia
2012 World Championships Turkey 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 Canada 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 China Hangzhou, China 45th (h) 50 m butterfly 24.18
46th (h) 100 m butterfly 54.42

Relay

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Long course

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Zambia
2014 Commonwealth Games United Kingdom Glasgow, Great Britain 13th (h) 4 × 100 m freestyle 3:49.62
13th (h) 4 × 100 m medley 4:12.10
2015 World Championships Russia Kazan, Russia 20th (h) 4 × 100 m mixed medley 4:14.40
2019 African Games Morocco Casablanca, Morocco 10th (h) 4 × 100 m mixed medley 4:27.78

Short course

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


References

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  1. ^ "Ralph Goveia Assafrao". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's 100m Butterfly - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "12th African Swimming Champs 2016 results". swimsa.org. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.