Aleksandar Miladinovski

Aleksandar Miladinovski
Personal information
Nationality  Macedonia
Born 4 August 1979
Skopje, SR Macedonia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, medley
Club SC Vardar- Skopje 1988-1992, ASC Student- Skopje 1992- 2004
Coach Dimitrija Popovski

Aleksandar Miladinovski (Macedonian: Александар Миладиновски; born August 4, 1979 in Skopje) is a retired Macedonian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and currently holds five Macedonian records in the butterfly (50 and 100 m) and individual medley (100 and 200 m).

Miladinovski made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to advance into the semifinals in any of his individual events, finishing forty-first in the 100 m butterfly (55.62), and thirty-eighth in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.45).[2][3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Miladinovski maintained his program, competing again in two swimming events. He cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 55.23 (100 m butterfly) and 2:07.38 (200 m individual medley) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4][5] In the 200 m individual medley, Miladinovski challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Olympic veterans Orel Oral of Turkey and Oleg Pukhnatiy of Uzbekistan. He raced to third place and thirty-eighth overall by 0.26 of a second ahead of Cayman Islands' Andrew Mackay in 2:07.39.[6][7] In the 100 m butterfly, Miladinovski placed forty-fifth overall on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in heat three, he edged out Peru's Juan Pablo Valdivieso to notch a fifth spot by 0.27 of a second in 55.71.[8][9] Participated at 7 World championships (1997 Gothenburg,1998 Perth, 1999 Hong Kong,2000 Athens, 2001 Fukuoka, 2002 Moscow, 2003 Barcelona and 11 European Championships (1995 Geneva, 1996 Copenhagen, 1997 Glasgow, 1997 Seville, 1998 Sheffield, 1999 Lisbon, 1999 Istanbul, 2000 Helsinki, 2001 Antwerpen, 2002 Berlin and 2004 Madrid, both long and short course. Two times Balkan Games Silver medalist 1998 Sofia, Bulgaria. Three times Balkan Junior Champion and record holder - 1996 Balkan Games held in Athens, Greece (100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m IM) and bronze medal on 400m IM.

References

  1. ↑ "Aleksandar Miladinovski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 206. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Individual Medley, Day 5 Prelims: Laszlo Cseh Clocks Swift 1:59.50, Leads Michael Phelps into Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.