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{{short description|Spanish swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Erika Villaécija
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| full_name = Erika Villaécija García
| nicknames =
| nationality = {{ESP}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Barcelona]], Spain
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.77 m
| weight = 61 kg
| strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club = C.N. Hospitalet (2008) <br> C.N. Sant Andreu (2009)
| collegeteam =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry |  {{ESP}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2004 European Aquatics Championships|2004 Madrid]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold| [[2004 European Aquatics Championships|2004 Madrid]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2002 European Aquatics Championships|2002 Berlin]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]]|1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]]|[[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle|1500 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001 Tunis]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold| [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships - Short Course|Short Course Worlds]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FINA Short Course World Championships|2010 Dubai]]|[[2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|Short Course Europeans]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003|2003 Dublin]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007|2007 Debrecen]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009|2009 Istanbul]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2011 Szczecin]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006|2006 Helsinki]] | 800 m freestyle}}
}}

'''Erika Villaécija García'''{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Villaécija|García}} (born 2 June 1984 in [[Barcelona, Spain]]), known as '''Erika Villaécija''',<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/erika-villaecija-1.html |title=Erika Villaécija |access-date=2012-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204035037/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/erika-villaecija-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/natacion/20181105/452752508483/emotivo-adios-de-erika-villaecija-llegue-mas-lejos-de-lo-que-podia-imaginar.html |title=Emotivo adiós de Erika Villaécija: "Llegué más lejos de lo que podía imaginar" |trans-title=Emotional goodbye to Erika Villaécija: "I went further than I could imagine" |work=[[Mundo Deportivo]] |language=es |date=5 November 2018}}</ref> is a three-time Olympic swimmer from [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanchampionships.org/Eindhoven2008/docs/1500-Free-W.pdf |title=1500-Free-W |publisher=[[Ligue Européenne de Natation|LEN]] |access-date=2008-06-07}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> She swam at the [[Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] and [[Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/noticias.asp?n=8019 |title=JO2012 / Ya son 13 los olímpicos españoles RFEN |trans-title=Olympic Games 2012: There are 13 Spanish Olympians |language=es |website=RFEN.es |publisher=[[Royal Spanish Swimming Federation]] |date=April 2012 |access-date=1 June 2012 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903055647/http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/noticias.asp?n=8019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> And she has qualified for the [[Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympic team]].

As of June 2009, she holds the [[List of Spanish records in swimming|Spanish Records]] in the [[long course]] 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.

==2012 Summer Olympics==
{{see also|Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" 
|- style="background:#eee;"
! colspan="4" | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]] Events
|- style="background:#eee;"
| '''Event'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Time'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Place'''
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 8:27.99
|  style="text-align:center;"| 10
|-
| [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km open water]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1-58:49.5
|  style="text-align:center;"| 7
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Aquatics|id=1025619|name=Erika Villaecija}}
* {{Olympedia|103369|Erika Villaécija}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|erika-villaecija|Erika Villaecija|org_id=erika-villaecija-garcia|org_name=Erika Villaecija Garcia|org_archive=20160924140617}}
* {{COE profile|id1=3850*&DEPORTISTA=2685*|id2=6F0749AEE78AAC8FC1256EC5005B89DE|name=Erika Villaécija García}}

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Spanish female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Spain]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Barcelona]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish sportswomen]]


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