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]

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

Major Results edit

Individual edit

Long course edit

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 edit

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 edit

Long course edit

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 edit

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


References edit

  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.