Milorad Čavić

Milorad Čavić
Personal information
Surname:	Milorad Čavić
Nickname (s):	Mike
Nation:	Serbia
Swimming style (s) :	butterfly
Birthday:	May 31, 1984
Place of birth:	Anaheim , California
Size:	1.98 m
Weight:	97 kg
Medal table

Milorad Čavić ( Serbian - Cyrillic Милорад Чавић , born May 31, 1984 in Anaheim , California ) is a Serbian swimmer .

Career

Milorad Čavić first started at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney for his country, where he competed in the 50 m freestyle. At the European Short Course Championships in Dublin in 2003 , he set a new butterfly world record with 50.02 s . This was set on March 24, 2004 by Ian Crocker . Furthermore, Čavić is a five-time European champion.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly, where he was only beaten by a hundredth of a second by Michael Phelps .

scandal

At the award ceremony for his success in the 50 meter butterfly at the European Swimming Championships in 2008 , Čavić wore a T-shirt that read "Косово је Србија" ("Kosovo is Serbia"). This earned him the disqualification for the remaining competitions, because the Disciplinary Committee of the European Swimming League (LEN) judged this to be a violation of the statute. As a consequence, Čavić had to pay a fine of $ 10,800, but was allowed to keep his medal and the European record.

successes

Junior European Championship 2001

• 50 m butterfly, 2nd place
• 100 m butterfly, 1st place

World Cup Barcelona 2003

• 100 m freestyle, 8th place - 49.54 s national record

European Swimming Championships Short Course Dublin 2003

• 100 m butterfly, 1st place 50.02 s world record

Athens Olympic Games 2004

• 50 m freestyle, 31st place - 23.05 p
• 100 m freestyle, 19th place - 49.74 p
• 100 m butterfly, 16th place - 52.44 s (4; qual.), 53.12 s (semifinished)

World Championship Montreal 2005

• 50 m butterfly, 10th place - 24.03 s (half), 24.22 s (16; half)
• 100 m butterfly, 10th place - 53.06 s (semi), 53.07 s (4; qual.)

World Championship Melbourne 2007

• 50 m butterfly, 6th place 23.70 s national record
• 100m butterfly, 6th place - 52.53 s With 51.70 s (qual.) National record

European Swimming Championships 2008

• 50 m butterfly, 1st place 23.11 s European record

Olympic Games Beijing 2008

• 100 m butterfly, silver medal - European record 50.59 s

European Short Course Championships 2008 Rijeka

• 100 m butterfly, 1st place - 49.19 s European record
• 50 m butterfly, 2nd place 22.36 p

Swimming World Championships 2009 Rome

• 50 m butterfly, 1st place 22.67 p
• 100 m butterfly, 2nd place 49.95 s European record

Records

Records
100 m butterfly (short course)	50.02 s	World record	December 12, 2003 - March 26, 2004	Dublin
		European record	December 12, 2003 - November 16, 2008
	49.19 s		since December 12, 2008	Rijeka
100 m butterfly	50.59 s	European record	August 16, 2008 - April 4, 2009	Beijing
	49.95 s		since August 1, 2009	Rome
	50.01 s	World record	July 31, 2009 - August 1, 2009
50 m butterfly	23.11 s	European record	March 19, 2008 - April 5, 2009	Eindhoven

Web links

Commons : Milorad Čavić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Milorad Čavić's website (Serbian, English)
• Milorad Čavić in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
• Milorad Čavić in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at swimpassion.net ( Memento from June 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Picture from the award ceremony for the European Champion 2008. ( Memento from March 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Statute of the European Swimming League (LEN) on the basis of which the disciplinary measures against Čavić were pronounced  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Decision of the Disciplinary Committee ( Memento of the original of June 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.