Key facts
- Nickname s
- Čavke, Čava, Majkula, Mike, Milo
- National team
- Yugoslavia (2000–03), Serbia and Montenegro , (2003–06), Serbia (2006–12)
- Born
- ( 1984-05-31 ) May 31, 1984 (age 42) , Anaheim, California , U.S.
- Height
- 1.97 m (6 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 93 kg (205 lb)
- Website
- www.swimwithmilo.com
- Sport
- Swimming
- Strokes
- Butterfly, freestyle
- Club
- JSD Partizan
- College team
- University of California, Berkeley
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Milorad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Anaheim
- Occupation
- swimmer
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Country for sport
- Serbia
- Mass
- 93
- Official website
- miloradcavic.com
- Image
- Milorad Čavić.jpg
- Height
- 197
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- Milorad Čavić
- date of birth
- 1984-05-31
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Encyclopedic overview
Milorad "Milo" Čavić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад "Мило" Чавић, Serbian pronunciation: [mîloraːd tʃǎːʋitɕ]; born May 31, 1984) is a Serbian former professional swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a historic race with American swimmer Michael Phelps. Čavić also was World and European champion, as well as world record holder. He is one of seven swimmers to break 50 seconds in the 100m butterfly.
Swimming career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milorad Čavić” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.