Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid, (born 24 April 1989), also known as Melani Costa, is a Spanish competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

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She competed in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in the 200 m and the freestyle. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the women's 400 metre freestyle, finishing 9th in the heats, failing to qualify for the final. She also competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle, finishing 9th in semifinal, failing to qualify for the final. She also competed in the freestyle, finishing in 10th, and the medley relay, finishing in 13th. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, she again competed in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle, finishing in 19th and 17th respectively. She also competed in the freestyle and freestyle, finishing in 13th and 16th. She won six medals in

FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or "Short Course Worlds" as they are sometimes known, is an international swimming competition. It is swum in a short course (25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its long c ...

, including a gold medal. She is also silver medalist in the

FINA World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: Swimming (sport), swimming, Diving (sport), diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run b ...

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Profile at FINA
1989 births Living people Spanish people of German descent Sportspeople from Palma de Mallorca Spanish female freestyle swimmers Florida Gators women's swimmers Olympic swimmers of Spain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Spain Universiade silver medalists for Spain Universiade bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Spain-sport-bio-stub