Michael Andrew

Andrew qualified for his first senior long course team at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, winning the 100 meter breaststroke in 59.38 as well as multiple other events, most notably beating Caeleb Dressel in the 50 freestyle.

At the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, Andrew won gold in the 50m Freestyle.

At the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Canada, Andrew won the gold medal in the 100 meter individual medley in a time of 51.84. He also finished 9th in the 50 meter breaststroke, missing the final by a tenth of a second. He also contributed to the heats in both the 4x50 metre freestyle relay and the 4x50 medley relay, winning silver medals in both. He swam splits of 21.51 and 26.62, respectively.

He won the gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, breaking the Championships record in both the heats and the final. He also won the silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle and 50 meter butterfly events and reached the finals in four other individual events. FINA named him male swimmer of the meet.

Andrew has broken more than 100 National Age Group records (long course meters and short course yards combined), more than any other American swimmer. He turned professional in 2013 at the age of 14, becoming the youngest American swimmer to do so.

Michael Andrew (born April 18, 1999) is an American competitive swimmer and the 2016 world champion in the 100 meter individual medley.

Andrew started swimming at age 7. His parents, Peter and Tina, are South African natives who moved to America in 1997. The family moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 2011. Andrew has a younger sister who also used to swim. His mother Tina appeared in the British and South African versions of Gladiators, as Laser and Sheena respectively.