Event Progressions, cont. - USA Swimming

USA Swimming
Mihail Alexandrov
COUNTRY: USA (United States)
CLUB: Trojan Swim Club
AGE: 27 DOB: Apr 9, 1985
HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm)
HOMETOWN: Champaign, Ill.
BIRTHPLACE: Sofia, Bulgaria
COACHED BY: David Salo
Career Highlights:
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 … Represented Bulgaria
at the 2008 and 2004 Olympics ... Became Northwestern’s first 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
Olympics History:
COMPETING FOR BULGARIA -- 2008: 11, 200m BR; 20m 200m IM; 24, 200m BR ... 2004:
18, 200m IM; 31, 200m FR; 31, 200m FR
World Champs History:
2007: 6, 100m BR: 12, 200m IM; 18, 50m BR; 18, 400m IM
World Champs History:
2011: 25th in the 100 Br
Pan Pacs History:
2010: 8, 50m BR
SC Worlds History:
2010: Gold 4x100 Med-R
Duel in the Pool History:
2009: Gold, 100m/200m BR
U.S. Nationals History:
2010: 1, 100m BR; 6, 200m BR; 2, 400m MR-R ... 2007: 4, 100m BR; 9, 200m BR; 15, 400m
IM
U.S. Nationals History:
2011 Winter- Bronze 100 Br
Short Course National Championships:
2009: 1, 100y/200y BR; 4, 200y IM ... 2008: 1, 100y/200y BR
NCAA History:
2007(Sr): 1, 100y BR(AR)/400y MR-R; 4, 200y FR-R; 6, 200y IM
Briefly:
Two time Duel in the Pool member
RECORDS:
Holds WR in 400m MED-R (SCM), set at 2010 FINA World Champs (25m)
NATIONAL TITLES:
100m Breast (1): 2010
ADDITIONAL HONORS:
Collegiate: 24-time All-American
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
FAST FACTS
Second LC World Championships
(Competed for Bulgaria in '07)
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS
2010 FINA World Champs (25m)
2010: Gold, 400m MED-R (SCM) (WR)
TOP TIMES
Event Best Year
50m BR 27.70 Aug 10
100m BR 1:00.26 Aug 10
CAREER STATS:
2011 Sum Nats - 5 Final, 100m BR; 14 Final, 200m BR
2010 SCM World Champs - 5 Final, 50m BR (SCM); 4 Final, 100m
BR (SCM); 1 Final, 400m MED-R (SCM) (WR)
Pan Pacs - 8 Final, 50m BR; 9 Final, 100m BR; Final, 400m
MED-R; Final, 400m MED-R
2009 US Open - 3 Final, 100m BR; 6 Final, 200m IM
Santa Clara - 5 Final, 100m BR; 6 Final, 200m BR
2008 Olympics - 11 Semi, 100m BR
08 SCSC GP - t5 Final, 100m BR; 7 Final, 200m BR; 10 Final,
200m IM; 15 Final, 400m IM
SC WORLDS - 9 Semi, 100m BR (SCM); 5 Final, 200m BR
(SCM)
2007 SUM NATS - 4 Final, 100m BR; 9 Final, 200m BR; t15 Final,
400m IM
SCSC GP - 6 Final, 100m BR; t11 Final, 200m BR; 10 Final,
200m IM; 19 Final, 400m IM
WORLD - 6 Final, 100m BR; 12 Semi, 200m IM
2006 US OPEN - 8 Final, 100m BR; 5 Final, 200m IM; 10 Final,
400m IM
EURO - 12 Semi, 50m BR; 10 Semi, 200m BR; 10 Semi, 200m
IM
SC WORLD - 7 Final, 50m BR (SCM); 11 Semi, 100m BR
(SCM); 4 Final, 200m BR (SCM)
NCAA - 9 Final, 100y BR; 6 Final, 200y BR
2005 WORLD - 11 Semi, 200m IM
2004 US OPEN - 3 Final, 100m BR; 1 Final, 200m IM
2003 SPG NATS - 13 Final, 200m BR; 8 Final, 400m IM