Kristian Tsvetanov Golomeev is a Greek swimmer of Bulgarian ancestry. He specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 31st place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. 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 × 100 m freestyle relay team which finished 10th in the heats and did not advance to the final and the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team which finished 15th in the heats and did not advance to the final. Golomeev earned Greece’s second ever World Championship medal in swimming, as he finished second at the 50 meters freestyle final at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in South Korea. The Greek champion was joint second with Brazil’s Bruno Fratus, clocking 21.45 seconds, behind American Caeleb Dressel.
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. In 2018, he married a fellow swimmer, Lindsay Morrow Gkolomeev, from his alma mater, the University of Alabama. Career At 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships – Lima Kristian Golomeev took with time 22.80. At the Golomeev finished at Men's 100m freestyle with time 51.31 and was at Men's 50m freestyle.
"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
