Miguel Molina (swimmer)
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Miguel Molina (born July 22, 1984 in Quezon City, National Capital Region) is a
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
from the Philippines. He is a national record-holder in four individual events (200-meter freestyle, 200-meter breaststroke, the 200- and 400-meter individual medley), and two relay events (the 400-meter medley relay and the 800-meter free relay). He is a much-bemedalled swimmer in SEAG competitions, having won 11 golds, 7 silvers, and 7 bronzes in all. He twice competed in the Asian Games – in Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in 2010 – but had to settle for fourth in Doha and fifth in Guangzhou in his favorite 400m IM. He also competed in two Olympics, 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing, but could not advance past the qualifying races.


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