Kristian Tsvetanov Gkolomeev ( bg, Кристиан Цветанов Голомеев, el, Κριστιάν Τσβετάνοφ Γκολομέεφ, born 4 July 1993) is a Greek

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. He specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 31st place (50.08) overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, he competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle, finishing 10th in the heats with a time of 21.93 seconds. He qualified for the semifinals where he finished 13th with a time of 21.98 seconds and did not qualify for the final. He also competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 20th place with a time of 48.68 seconds which was a new national record. He did not qualify for the semifinals. Gkolomeev was also part of the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team which finished 10th in the heats and did not advance to the final and the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team which finished 15th in the heats and did not advance to the final. Gkolomeev earned Greece’s second ever World Championship medal in swimming, as he finished second at the 50 meters freestyle final at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in South Korea. The Greek champion was joint second with Brazil’s Bruno Fratus, clocking 21.45 seconds, behind American Caeleb Dressel.

Personal life

Kristian Gkolomeev was born on 4 July 1993 in

Velingrad Velingrad ( bg, Велинград ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality a ...

, Bulgaria. His mother, Kristina Golomeeva, died due to a medical error soon after giving birth to Kristian. They moved to Greece when he was an infant. His father, Tsvetan Golomeev, was a famous Bulgarian swimmer. He died in 2010 after an eight-month fight with cancer. Kristian Gkolomeev has two brothers – Nikola and Ivan. In 2018, he married a fellow swimmer, Lindsay Morrow Gkolomeev, from his alma mater, the

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Career

At 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships – Lima (PER) Kristian Gkolomeev too
3rd place
with time 22.80 (50m freestyle). At th
14th Luxembourg Euro Meet
(27.29 January 2012) Gkolomeev finishe
9th
at Men's 100m freestyle with time 51.31 and wa
4th
at Men's 50m freestyle (22.92).

Other achievements

* World Junior Championships: ::Lima 2011: Bronze 50m freestyle, 4th place 4x100m medley * European Junior Championships: ::Belgrade 2011: Silver 50m freestyle * Balkan Junior Swimming Championships: ::Banja Luka 2011: Gold 50m freestyle, Gold 4x100m freestyle, Bronze 100m freestyle * Multination Junior Swimming Meeting: ::Corfu 2011: Gold 50m freestyle, Bronze 4x100m freestyle * European Championships Long Course: ::14th Luxembourg Euro Meet 2012: 9th place 100m freestyle, 4th place 50m freestyle ::Debrecen 2012: 4th 50m freestyle * Olympic Games: ::Tokyo 2020: 5th place (21.72) 50m freestyle ::Rio 2016: 13th place (21.98) 50m freestyle ::Rio 2016: 20th place (48.68) NR 100m freestyle ::London 2012: 31st place (50.08) 100m freestyle

Media reviews

"The young swimmer is very talented and shows that he can have a lot of good results to the next games... he tries very hard and in every game he tries to get better times. I'm sure that he can succeed a lot of great things." – Mike Kontorinis, journalist o
Aquatics News

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