Personal life
Miguel moved to Tokyo, Japan when he was three years old, and attended St. Mary's International School. It was there in first grade that he first picked up swimming. His parents, Tomas and Mitos Molina, were both runners and basketball players. At St. Mary's, Miguel swam for all 12 years under Coach Dave Moodie. Moodie later recommended that Molina swim under Nort Thornton at UC Berkeley. From 2002-2005, he posted a top-six time in six events for Cal. Molina retired from swimming in 2010, at the age of 26. He was considering transitioning to triathlon in an interview in 2012.References
1984 births Filipino male swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Philippines Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Sportspeople from Quezon City Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Filipino expatriates in Japan Male medley swimmers Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Competitors at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Filipino male freestyle swimmers {{Philippines-swimming-bio-stub