Čavić at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Nickname(s) | Čavke, Čava, Majkula, Mike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team |
Yugoslavia (2000–03) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–06) Serbia (2006–12) |
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Born |
Anaheim, California, United States |
May 31, 1984 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www |
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Plivački klub Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Milorad "Milo" Čavić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Чавић, pronounced [mîloraːd tʃǎːʋitɕ]; born May 31, 1984) is a Serbian former professional swimmer.
Born in Anaheim, California and a citizen of both Serbia and the United States, he attended Tustin High School in California, where he set four CIF records and a national high school mark in the 50 yd freestyle. While swimming for the University of California, Berkeley and training with Mike Bottom, Čavić set a new school and Pac-10 record in the 100 yd butterfly (45.44 s).
Representing Serbia at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Dublin 2003, Čavić won the gold medal in 100 m butterfly and set a new world record in the short course. He also won a silver medal in 50 m freestyle. Čavić defended his European 100 m title on subsequent short-course championships in Helsinki 2006 (finishing 50.63), Debrecen 2007 (finishing at 50.53) and Rijeka 2008 (finishing at 49.19 and setting a new European record). He also took silver on 50 m butterfly in Rijeka.