Name Kristian Golomeev Role Swimmer | Height 1.98 m Weight 87 kg | |
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Kristian golomeev 50m freestyle
Kristian Tsvetanov Golomeev (Bulgarian: Кристиан Цветанов Голомеев, Greek: Κριστιάν Γκολομέεβ) is a Greek-Bulgarian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, 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.
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics, 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.
Golomeev was also part of the men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team which finished 10th in the heats and did not advance to the final and the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay team which finished 15th in the heats and did not advance to the final.
Personal life
He was born 4 July 1993 in Velingrad, Bulgaria. His mother, Kristina Golomeeva, died due to a medical error soon after giving birth to Kristian. His father, Tsvetan Golomeev, was a famous Bulgarian swimmer. He died in 2010 after an eight-month fight with cancer. Kristian Golomeev has two brothers - Nikola and Ivan.
Career
At 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships - Lima (PER) Kristian Golomeev took 3rd place with time 22.80 (50m freestyle). At the 14th Luxembourg Euro Meet (27.29 January 2012) Golomeev finished 9th at Men's 100m freestyle with time 51.31 and was 4th at Men's 50m freestyle (22.92).
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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 of Aquatics News