Mike Alexandrov
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USA Swimming Mike Alexandrov COUNTRY: USA (United States) FAST FACTS CLUB: Unattached AGE: 29 DOB: April 9, 1985 One World Champs SCM medal (1g) HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm) HOMETOWN: Champaign, Ill. INTERNATIONAL MEDALS BIRTHPLACE: Sofia, Bulgaria COACHED BY: David Salo Summer University Games 2013: Silver, 100m BR Career Highlights: 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) Won silver in 100m breast and bronze in 400m medley relay at the 2013 World University 2010: Gold, 400m MED-R (SCM) (WR) Games ... Finished fifth in the 100m breast at 2012 FINA Short Course World Championships ... Finished fifth in the 100m breast at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Helped the 4x100m free-relay to a Gold medal finish at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... Won his first U.S. National Championship in 2010 … TOP TIMES Represented Bulgaria at the 2008 and 2004 Olympics ... Became Northwestern’s first Event Best Year breaststroke champion since Don Horn in 1933, claiming his first individual NCAA Championship and the NCAA record in 2007 with a time of 51.56 in the 100y breast 100m BR 1:00.03 Aug 12 Olympics History: 200m BR 2:11.62 Aug 12 COMPETING FOR BULGARIA -- 2008: 11th, 200m BR; 20th, 200m IM; 24th, 200m BR ... 2004: 18th, 200m IM; 31st, 200m FR; 31st, 200m FR World Champs History: CAREER STATS: 2011: 25th, 100m BR ... 2007: 6th, 100m BR; 12th, 200m IM; 18th, 50m BR; 18th, 400m IM 2013 SCY NATS - t4 Final, 100y BR; t4 Final, 100y BR; t4 Final, Pan Pacs History: 100y BR; 5 Final, 200y BR 2010: 8th, 50m BR - 3 Final, 100y BR; 10 Final, 200y BR WUGs History: U.S. Open - 1 Final, 100m BR; 8 Final, 200m BR 2013: Silver, 100m BR; Bronze, 400m MR FISU Champs - 6 Semi, 50m BR; t4 Final, 50m BR; , 50m BR; , 50m BR; , 50m BR; 3 Semi, 100m BR; 2 Final, 100m BR; , SC Worlds History: 100m BR; , 100m BR; , 100m BR; , 100m BR; 8 Semi, 200m 2010: Gold, 4x100m MR-R BR; 8 Final, 200m BR Duel in the Pool History: 2012 FINA SCM WC - 9 Semi, 50m BR (SCM); , 50m BR (SCM); , 50m BR (SCM); , 50m BR (SCM); 5 Final, 100m BR (SCM) 2009: Gold, 100m BR; Gold, 200m BR - , 50m BR; , 50m BR Olympic Trials History: 2011 WC - , 50m BR 2012: 6th, 100m BR; 21st, 200m BR 2010 SCM World Champs - 5 Semi, 50m BR (SCM); 5 Final, 50m U.S. Nationals History: BR (SCM); 1 Semi, 100m BR (SCM); 4 Final, 100m BR (SCM); 1 Final, 400m MED-R (SCM) (WR) 2010: 1st, 100m BR; 6th, 200m BR; 2nd, 400m MR-R ... 2007: 4th, 100m BR; 9th, 200m BR; Pan Pacs - 8 Final, 50m BR; 9 Final, 100m BR; Final, 400m 15th, 400m IM MED-R; Final, 400m MED-R U.S. Nationals History: 2009 US Open - 3 Final, 100m BR; 6 Final, 200m IM 2011 Winter- Bronze 100 Br Santa Clara - 5 Final, 100m BR; 6 Final, 200m BR Short Course National Championships: 2008 Olympics - 11 Semi, 100m BR; , 200m BR 2009: 1, 100y/200y BR; 4, 200y IM ... 2008: 1, 100y/200y BR 08 SCSC GP - t5 Final, 100m BR; 7 Final, 200m BR; 10 Final, 200m IM; 15 Final, 400m IM NCAA History: SC WORLDS - 9 Semi, 100m BR (SCM); 5 Final, 200m BR 2007(Sr): 1, 100y BR(AR)/400y MR-R; 4, 200y FR-R; 6, 200y IM (SCM) Briefly: 2007 WORLD - 7 Semi, 100m BR; 6 Final, 100m BR; 12 Semi, Two-time Duel in the Pool member 200m IM NCAAs - , 100y BR; , 100y BR; , 200y IM; , 200y IM RECORDS: 2006 US OPEN - 8 Final, 100m BR; 5 Final, 200m IM; 10 Final, Holds WR in 400m MED-R (SCM), set at 2010 FINA World Champs (25m) 400m IM; , 400m MED-R EURO - 12 Semi, 50m BR; 10 Semi, 200m BR; 10 Semi, 200m NATIONAL TITLES: IM SC WORLD - 6 Semi, 50m BR (SCM); 7 Final, 50m BR (SCM); 100m Breast (1): 2010 11 Semi, 100m BR (SCM); 4 Final, 200m BR (SCM) ADDITIONAL HONORS: NCAA - 9 Final, 100y BR; 6 Final, 200y BR National Teams: Member of the 2013-14 National Team 2005 WORLD - 11 Semi, 200m IM Collegiate: 24-time All-American 2004 US OPEN - 3 Final, 100m BR; 1 Final, 200m IM 2003 SPG NATS - 13 Final, 200m BR; 8 Final, 400m IM PERSONAL: High School: Champaign Centennial '03 College: Northwestern '08 College Major: Human Biology Future Professional Aspirations: Fitness trainer Job Outside of Swimming: Fitness trainer Parents: Plamen and Kalinka... father was a 1980 Olympian Hobbies Outside the Pool: Urban training, piano Charities: Tesfaye, for raising money in Ethopia to rebuild a school Training Stats: Trains 6,000 yards/meters a day, 3 hours per day, 7 days a week More: Competed for his native Bulgaria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games ... he changed his sports citizenship from Bulgaria to the United States in 2009 .