Ralph Goveia

Ralph Goveia (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]

Ralph Goveia
Personal information
Full nameRalph Wesley Goveia
Nationality Zambia
Born (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly

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
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
18th (h) 100 m butterfly 56.16
2015 World Championships Kazan, Russia 46th (h) 50 m butterfly 25.16
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
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
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
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
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


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References
  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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