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

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

. He swam for Bulgaria at the

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and

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

. 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. 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 Expatriate swimmers in the United States Olympic swimmers for Bulgaria Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Sofia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Doping cases in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Northwestern University alumni 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen