Ralph Goveia

Ralph Goveia
Personal information
Full name	Ralph Wesley Goveia
Nationality	Zambia
Born	8 March 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly
Medal record
African Championships

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

Individual

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Zambia
2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	58th (h)	50 m butterfly	26.31
2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	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
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	18th (h)	100 m butterfly	56.16
2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	46th (h)	50 m butterfly	25.16
	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	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
2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	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
	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	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
2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	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
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Great Britain	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	4:27.78

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

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

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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.

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