Kristian Gkolomeev

Kristian Tsvetanov Gkolomeev (Bulgarian: Кристиан Цветанов Голомеев, Greek: Κρίστιαν Τσβετανοβ Γκολομεεβ) is a Greek swimmer with Bulgarian roots.

Personal life
He was born 4 July 1993 in Velingrad, Bulgaria. His mother, Kristina Gkolomeeva, was a ballet dancer. She died due to a medical error soon after giving birth to Kristian (named after her). His father, Tsvetan Gkolomeev, was a famous Bulgarian swimmer. He died in 2010 after an eight-month fight with cancer. Kristian Gkolomeev has two brothers - Nikola (born 1986) and Ivan (from the second wife of their father). Nikola (Niko) graduated the Bulgarian National Sports Academy in 2011 with degree in swimming.

Career
At 3rd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2011 - Lima (PER) Kristian Gkolomeev took 3rd place with time 22.80. At the 14th Luxembourg Euro Meet (27–29 January 2012) Gkolomeev finished 9th at 100m. freestyle with time - 51.31 and was 5th at 50m. freestyle (22,69). Currently Kristian Gkolomeev is training for taking part in the European Championships of Debrecen (21–27 May), if he achieves good times there, he will go to the Olympics in London   (27 July to 12 August 2012)

Other achievements

 * World Junior Championships:
 * Lima 2011: Bronze 50m freestyle, 4th 4x100m medley


 * European Junior Championships:
 * Belgrade 2011: Silver 50m freestyle


 * Balkan Junior Swimming Championships:
 * Banja Luka 2011: Gold 50m freestyle, Gold 4x100m freestyle, Bronze 100m freestyle


 * Multination Junior Swimming Meeting:
 * Corfu 2011: Gold 50m freestyle, Bronze 4x100m freestyle

Media reviews
“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 Aquatics News