ABOUT MICHAEL

After setting the U.S. Open Record of 58.67 in the men's 100 breaststroke just one month earlier, Michael Andrew swam with confidence and demolished all challengers in his first swim of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, taking down another American Record by almost half-a-second. He is now third all-time in the event's history with a time of 58.19 seconds.

On night 2 of 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, Michael touched first in the 100 breast final at 58.78, earning him a spot on the Olympic team for the first time. On top of that, he went on to qualify for the team in the 200 IM (1:55.44, 1st place at trials) and the 50 free (21.48, 2nd place at trials).

Michael Andrew made his Olympic debut, swimming in 4 finals across the 8-day meet. He kicked things off placing 4th in the 100 Breast with a time of 58.84. Soon after, Michael placed 5th in the 200 IM final, touching in at 1:57.31.

As his first Olympics came to a close, Michael placed 4th in the 50 free finals at 21.60. No long after, he was back in the pool swimming the breaststroke in the 4x100 medley relay. With a time of 58.49, Michael Andrew helped USA touch first in what would be a world record and his first Olympic Medal - Gold.

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Making the cover of SwimSwam magazine for the first time in June of 2019, Michael spoke on his move to California, his unique training style, and what the summer holds for the athlete. Headed by his mother, Tina Andrew as GM, Michael was announced as a member of the New York Breakers ISL team on June 18, 2019.

Swimming in the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Michael kicked things off with the 100 breast and 50 fly, placing 19th in the 100 breast (1:00.04) and 4th in the 50 fly (22.80). From there, he swam the 50 breast (26.93, 7th), 50 free (21.62, 6th), and 50 back (24.58, 5th). On the last day, he swam prelims of the 4×100 medley relay, which went on to win silver, earning Michael his first ever long course World Champs medal.

Michael kicked 2018 off with amazing accomplishments against both national and international competitors. He made an extraordinary six short course yards individual bests while competing at the 2018 Virginia TYR ISCA Junior Championships, including a sub-19 50 free time of 18.88. He also earned the second quickest 100 breaststroke time ever by a 17–19-year-old with his outing of 51.18. His extra personal bests came in the 100y IM (47.34), 100y free (42.56), 50y back (21.52) and 50y breast (23.56).

Michael raced against a stable of thoroughbred sprinters in Louisville as an invited competitor at the 2018 TYR Pro Derby shoot-out style competition. Michael smashed 2 rounds of the 50 freestyle before claiming the Pro Derby title in the third round, beating the World Championships silver medalist, Bruno Fratus of Brazil, all the while.

USA Swimming named Michael to the 2018 Mare Nostrum squad, which saw him contend at Canet, Barcelona and Monaco over the Summer. In Canet, Michael caught a trio of podium finishes, earning silver in the 50 free (21.92), bronze in the 50 breast (27.27) and bronze in the 50 fly (23.70).

Barcelona was blessed to receive a gold-medal winning execution by Michael in the 50 back (24.70), while the teenager earned two silvers, putting second by and large in the 50 fly and 50 free shootout style occasions, in Monaco.

The Mare Nostrum Tour demonstrated to simply be a warm-up for Michael, in any case, as the Race Pace competitor created much more break-out exhibitions before the finish of the period.

When all was said and done in Irvine, California, Michael gathered four individual national titles over the 50 free (21.49), 50-breaststroke (26.84), 100 breast (59.38) and 50 fly (22.93), beating numerous national champions, title holders and Olympic heroes simultaneously.

His 26.84 50 breast time demonstrated particularly noteworthy, as it denoted another U.S. Open Record, surpassing the previous standard held by ruling world record holder Adam Peaty of Great Britain. With his trip, Michael turned into the eleventh quickest performer ever in the 50-breast event.

Proceeding to the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, Michael indeed helped the world to remember his consistently expanding presence, winning the stacked men's 50 freestyle gold in another individual best of 21.46. He was also a critical member of the mixed medley relay and stamped his name on two B-Final successes, including a career fastest 51.53 in the 100 fly.

While competing at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis in March, Michael brought down his 200m IM World Junior Record with a time of 1:59.12 to shave .32 off his previous record. Later that summer, Michael broke the World Junior Records in the 50m free, 50m back and 50m fly in a single evening at World Junior Championships.

His new world junior standards included 21.75 in the 50 free, 24.63 in the 50 back and 23.22 in the 50 fly. Michael likewise earned bronze in the 100m breaststroke and eighth in the 200m IM.

While on tour for the 2017 FINA World Cup circuit, Michael broke another boundary by turning into the quickest junior swimmer ever in the 100 IM (SCM). First, he caught another world junior record at the Beijing stop with a silver medal winning effort of 51.86, before shaving .21 off to hit 51.65 in Singapore for another WJR. Michael was likewise an individual from Team USA's 4x50 mixed medley and 4x50 mixed free which earned silver and bronze in Tokyo and Singapore, separately.

Balancing his great year, Michael built up himself as a chief U.S. sprinter, earning the silver medal in the 50y freestyle at the 2017 Winter Nationals in Columbus, Ohio in a time of 19.17.

Michael rose to the test of going up against a stacked local field at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, gaining his way into two finals. Michael finished fourth in the 100-breaststroke with a best time of 59.82, a mark which remains as the present NAG
Record. The time also stood as the former World Junior Record in the occasion. Michael's other most noteworthy U.S. Preliminaries came in at the 200 IM, where he finished in sixth spot with another individual best of 1:59.44, representing the second time he got through the 2-minute boundary.

The 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships brought Michael's first individual worldwide senior title. Michael beat the men's 100 IM field, one which incorporated the present world record holder, to take the gold medal in a period of 51.84. Michael was additionally a basic prelims swimmer of the men's 200 freestyle and 200 variety transfers, the two of which at last ended up winning the silver medal. Additionally, while competing in Windsor, Michael built up another Short Course World Junior Record in the 50-breaststroke stopping the clock in a quick 26.39.

At the 2015 U.S. National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, Michael earned the national title in the men's 200m IM. Additionally, at that meet, Michael timed a period of 1:00.68 in the men's 100m breaststroke, an imprint which remained as the FINA World Junior Record for over a month. Michael likewise turned into the initial 16-and-under swimmer to plunge under the 52-second imprint for the 100-yard breaststroke, breaking another NAG Record of 51.75.

On the global scale, Michael represented the United States while competing at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore. Michael left the meet by being awarded FINA’s “Male Swimmer of the Meet” thanks to his wide range of events.
Michael qualified and competed in eight individual events at the meet, making finals in seven of them. He was amongst the youngest to compete at World Juniors and went on to further dominate at a second World Juniors in 2017.

He won three individual awards, which resulted a silver in both the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly, and gold in the 50m backstroke, scoring another title record simultaneously. While competing at the Tokyo stop of the 2015 FINA World Cup arrangement, Michael stood on the platform multiple times.