Michael Andrew
Michael Andrew 
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Michael Andrew (2018) |
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| Surname: | Michael Andrew | |||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Swimming style (s) : | Locations | |||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 18th April 1999 (age 21) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: |
Aberdeen (South Dakota) , United States |
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| Size: | 198 cm | |||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 86 kg | |||||||||||||||
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Michael Andrew (born April 18, 1999 in Edina, Minnesota ) is an American swimmer . At the age of 14, he became America's youngest professional swimmer.
Career
Andrew's parents are devout Christians and come from South Africa . Andrew is homeschooled from Liberty University . He is by his father Peter Andre after USRPT method ( English ultra-short race-pace workout training). Michael Andrew swims all four styles and has set 78 age class records (as of July 2015).
At the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor , he won the gold medal in the 100 meter medley. He set a new junior world record in Indianapolis (ArenaProswim) in March 2017 over the 200 m medley in 1: 59.12 minutes. After this event, Andrew ranks second on the all-time best of 17-18 year olds in the United States. At the World Cup meeting in Beijing on November 11, 2017, Andrew set the first "official" junior world record in swimming history in 51.86 s over the 100 m medley.
At the Pan Pacific Championships 2018 he won gold in the 50m freestyle.
In December 2018, the then 19-year-old, together with his compatriot Tom Shields , the Hungarian Katinka Hosszú and the Ukrainian entrepreneur Kostjantyn Hryhoryschyn, filed a lawsuit against the world swimming federation FINA in order to grant FINA's monopoly on hosting international swimming competitions break.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Maik Großekathöfer : After Rio with God's blessing . In: Der Spiegel . No. 28 , 2015 ( online - July 4, 2015 ).
- ^ Rustin Dodd: Meet Michael Andrew, the 16-year-old possible heir to the US swimming throne who trains in his Lawrence backyard. In: Kansas City Star . August 1, 2015, accessed August 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Mega talent Michael Andrew in an interview: "God is my superpower". In: Spox.com . August 4, 2015, accessed August 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Top swimmers against world federation - lawsuits that could change the Olympic world (December 9, 2018)
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| SURNAME | Andrew, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen (South Dakota) |