Mihail Alexandrov ( bg, Михаил Александров) (born April 9, 1985) is an Olympic swimmer from

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. He swam for Bulgaria at the

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and

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. Alexandrov has been swimming for the USA since 2009. Alexandrov, who has dual Bulgarian/USA citizenship, swam for the USA's

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from 2003 to 2007,. In March 2007 he set a USA National Record in the 100 yard breaststroke (51.56) at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, while swimming for Northwestern. This was despite the fact that he had not swum internationally for the US at that time and that he was viewed as a Bulgarian swimmer. The USA Swimming rules at the time allowed for the USA National mark to be set by a swimmer who ''could'' represent the US in international competition (his dual citizenship allowed for this) and who at the time of the swim was not representing another country (he was swimming for the country-neutral Northwestern University at the time of the swim). USA Swimming's rules have subsequently been altered so that only swimmers currently representing the USA internationally can set the "American" Record. Alexandrov's record was broken in 2012 by

Kevin Cordes Kevin Cordes ( ; born August 13, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. He currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. Cordes was a member of the 2016 U.S. M ...

. Alexandrov now works as a personal trainer in the Los Angeles area where he also coaches swimming.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandrov, Mihail 1985 births Living people Bulgarian male swimmers Bulgarian emigrants to the United States American male breaststroke swimmers Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers Olympic swimmers for Bulgaria Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sofia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Doping cases in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for the United States Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Northwestern University alumni