Dominik Meichtry

Dominik Meichtry

Personal information
Full name	Dominik Meichtry
Nationality	Switzerland
Born	November 18, 1984 (1984-11-18) (age 27) St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	SchwimmClub Uster Wallisellen, Trojan Swim Club
College team	Cal Bears
Coach	Gerard Moerland, Dave Salo
Medal record European Championships (SC) Silver 2008 Rijeka 200 m Freestyle

Dominik Meichtry (born November 18, 1984) is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the middle distance freestyle events. He currently holds six Swiss national records (long course and short course).^[1]

Meichtry has won 31 individual Swiss national medals, 25 gold, 6 silver. He has been competing on the international stage since the 2002 European Championships in Berlin. He was voted as Switzerland's top 10 male Athletes in 2008 and won athlete of the year in his canton of St. Gallen.

College

Meichtry committed to the University of California, Berkeley^[2] in the spring of 2004 and started school in January 2005. He was a multiple All-American for the Golden Bears and placed 2nd at the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAAs) competition. He was voted team captain of the CAL men's swim team his junior and senior year guiding the bears to a 4th place finish at the 2008 NCAAs. Meichtry graduated in spring 2009 with a degree in psychology and sociology.

2008

Meichtry broke out on the international stage at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he swam the 8th fastest time ever recorded in the 200m Freestyle event. In the process, he beat the likes of Michael Phelps to become the first Swiss swimmer to be the top seed going into semi finals. In the 200m Freestyle final he finished sixth in the event. Meichtry also became the first Swiss to break the 49 second barrier when he led off the 4x100 Freestyle relay in 48.96. Later in the competition he lowered his own record to 48.55 in the 100 Freestyle event.

In December 2008 Meichtry won his first international medal at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. He won the silver medal in the 200m Freestyle and missed out on the European crown by 0.02s.

2009 - present

Meichtry moved his training base to Southern California in fall of 2009 to train with Dave Salo for Trojan Swim Club out of the University of Southern California. Under the guidance of Dave Salo, Meichtry qualified for his 3rd Olympic Games at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China. There he placed 7th in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 1:47.02 and swam a new national record in the 100m Butterfly event.

Personal bests

Long Course (50m)

Personal bests (50m)
50 m freestyle	22.47	6 June 2008	Janet Evans Invitational Los Angeles[3]
100 m freestyle	48.55	5 April 2008	2008 Summer Olympics[1]
200 m freestyle	1:45.80	10 August 2008	2008 Summer Olympics[1]
400 m freestyle	3:49.11	7 April 2011	SwimCup 2011 Netherlands[1]
100 m butterfly	53.54	29 July 2011	2011 World Aquatics Championships, Shanghai, China[1]
(Last update: 17 November 2011)

Short Course (25m)

Personal bests (25m)
50 m freestyle	22.00	11 December 2008	2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Rijeka (CRO)[3]
100 m freestyle	47.68	12 December 2008	2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Rijeka (CRO)[3]
200 m freestyle	1:42.83	22 November 2009	2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Singapore (SIN)[3]
400 m freestyle	3:39.86	14 November 2009	2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, Berlin (GER)[3]
100 m butterfly	53.19	30 January 2011	20th International Meeting Uster, Uster (SUI)[3]
(Last update: 17 November 2011)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Schweizerrekorde Herren" (in (German)). Swiss Swimming. http://rankings.fsn.ch/index.php?page=recordDetail&recordListId=4200488. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 
2. ^ Cockrell, Cathy (UC Berkeley News). "Olympics, here we come!". http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/19_olympics.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Dominik Meichtry's Personal bests (alltime) @ swimrankings.net" (in (English)). swimrankings.net. http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=10680. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 

External links

• Official website
• Dominik Meichtry at swimmrankings.net
• Dominik Meichtry Photo Gallery @ MAGICPBK

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Name	Meichtry, Dominik
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Date of birth	1984-11-18
Place of birth	St. Gallen, Switzerland
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