Michael Andrew

Michael Charles Andrew (born April 18, 1999) is an American competitive swimmer and an Olympic gold medalist. He was the 2016 world champion in the 100 meter individual medley. At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal and set a world record as part of the 4x100 meter medley relay, placed fourth in the 100 meter breaststroke, fourth in the 50 meter freestyle, and fifth in the 200 meter individual medley.

His family lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota, from 1997 to 2011, where Andrew started swimming at age 7 and competed for the Aberdeen Swim Club. The family moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 2011. As a junior swimmer he broke more than 100 National Age Group records (long course meters and short course yards combined), more than any other American swimmer. Part of Andrew's coaching by his father during his youth included training in a non-traditional way, using a method called Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT), he has continued to train with this approach into adulthood.

Andrew was home-schooled as part of an online program through Liberty University for part of his teenage years after he turned pro in swimming. Taking a home-schooling pathway for education, he chose not to compete in high school nor collegiate swimming.

2014–2017: International career beginnings 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships At the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, in August in Maui, Hawaii, Andrew won the silver medal in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 55.81 seconds, placed ninth in the 100 meter butterfly and the 50 meter freestyle, 20th in the 200 meter individual medley, 22nd in the 100 meter freestyle and the 100 meter breaststroke, and swam exhibition in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay and the 4×100 meter medley relay.

2015: International debut 2015 World Junior Championships

In August 2015, Andrew made his international debut when he was 16 years old at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore. For his two relay events, Andrew won a silver medal as part of the men's 4×100 meter medley relay where he swam backstroke in the prelims and butterfly in the final and a bronze medal on the mixed 4×100 meter medley relay where he swam the breaststroke leg of the relay in the final.

2016: First world title 2016 US Olympic Trials Andrew competed in his first Olympic Trials at the 2016 USA Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska when he was 17 years old. He swam in five individual events: 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle, 100 meter breaststroke, 100 meter butterfly, and 200 meter individual medley. While he did not make the USA Olympic Team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Andrew was closest to making the team in the 100 meter breaststroke where he finished in fourth place. With his swim of 59.96 seconds in the prelims heats of the 100 meter breaststroke, Andrew became the youngest American to swim the event in less than one minute, set a National Age Group record in the event, and broke the world junior record of 1:00.12 in the event set by Anton Chupkov of Russia. Andrew lowered his National Age Group and world junior records in the final of the 100 meter breaststroke by swimming the race in 59.82 seconds. His time of 1:59.44 in the 200 meter individual medley semifinals tied the world junior record in the event set in 2013 by Gunnar Bentz.

2016 World Short Course Championships

At the 2016 World Swimming Championships held in Windsor, Canada in December 2016 and conducted in short course meters, Andrew won the gold medal and his first individual world title at a world championships meet open to all ages in the 100 meter individual medley with a time of 51.84. He finished 17 hundredths of a second ahead of 2016 Olympic medalist Daiya Seto of Japan who finished second. In the 50 meter breaststroke he finished ninth in the semifinals and did not advance to the final. Likewise, Andrew placed 23rd in the 200 meter individual medley prelims with a time of 1:57.87 and split a 21.44 on the mixed 4×50 meter freestyle relay that placed 11th in the prelims, he did not advance to the next stage of competition in either event. He also contributed to the heats in the 4×50 meter freestyle relay and the 4×50 meter medley relay, winning silver medals in both. He swam a 21.51 for his 50 meters in the 4×50 meter freestyle relay and a 26.62 for his 50 meters of breaststroke in the 4×50 meter medley relay.

2017 World Junior Championships

At the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis in August 2017, Andrew won three gold medals and two bronze medals. In the prelims of the 50 meter freestyle, Andrew broke the world junior record of 22.00, set in the event by Yu Hexin in 2014, with his time of 21.75. In the final of the 50 meter freestyle, Andrew swam a 21.75 again, tied his world junior record, and won the gold medal in the event. For the 50 meter backstroke, Andrew broke the world junior record set by Kliment Kolesnikov at 24.94 in 2016 with a time of 24.63 in the prelims. Andrew tied his world junior record of 24.63 in the final of the 50 meter backstroke and won the gold medal. In the 50 meter butterfly semifinals, Andrew swam a 23.27 and broke the world junior record of 23.39 set by Li Zhuhao in 2015. In the final, Andrew lowered the world junior record he set in the semifinal to a 23.22 and won the gold medal. In the final of the 50 meter breaststroke he swam a 27.39 and won the bronze medal, and in the 100 meter breaststroke final he won the bronze medal with a time of 1:00.37. The time span for Andrew achieving these three records was less than one hour. The following week at the World Cup stop in Singapore, Andrew lowered the world junior record to 51.65 seconds. Andrew shared video footage of the race on his YouTube channel later the same month. Also in Singapore, Andrew helped set a new world junior record in the mixed 4x50 meter medley relay, splitting a 26.02 for the breaststroke leg of the relay in the final.

2018–2021: Transitioning to senior competition

2018: National to international ascent 2018 National Championships Andrew won multiple individual events at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, California in July 2018. He won the final of the 50 meter butterfly in a time of 22.93, which broke the Championship record of 23.05 set by Caeleb Dressel in 2017. For the 50 meter breaststroke, Andrew tied the US Open record of 26.86 set by Adam Peaty in 2017 and set a new Championship record in the prelims. In the final of the 50 meter breaststroke, Andrew won the event with a time of 26.84 and set a new US Open record. In the 100 meter breaststroke, Andrew won in a time of 59.38 seconds. He also finished in third place in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 51.68, placed fourth in the 50 meter backstroke in a time of 24.62, and swam a 49.87 and placed 26th in the 100 meter freestyle. He also received press coverage from ESPN who highlighted Andrew's winning four national titles spanning breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle events. His wins qualified him for the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships and the 2019 World Championships, which was his first time qualifying for a senior long course team at an international swimming competition. He swam a time of 21.46 seconds in the 50 meter freestyle, finished over four tenths of a second before the next fastest swimmer, Caeleb Dressel also of the United States, and won the gold medal. As part of the mixed 4x100 meter medley relay with Kathleen Baker (backstroke), Caeleb Dressel (butterfly), and Simone Manuel (freestyle), Andrew won a bronze medal. In addition to the events he medaled in, Andrew placed seventh in the final, also called the A final, of the 100 meter breaststroke in a time of 1:00.04, placed first place in the B-final, which was 9th overall, in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 53.55, and also won the B-final of the 100 meter butterfly with his time of 51.53 seconds. He won the award "Breakout Performer of the Year", winning one of the two awards he was nominated for. Later in the World Cup circuit, at the Singapore stop, he set new American records in the short course 50 meter breaststroke and 50 meter butterfly. His time of 26.10 seconds in the 50 meter breaststroke broke the American record of 26.15 seconds set by him and Cody Miller. For his other four events, Andrew placed 10th in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 57.24 seconds, 10th in the 50 meter freestyle at 21.18 seconds, 11th in the 50 meter butterfly in 22.81 seconds, and 18th in the 50 meter breaststroke with a time of 26.62 seconds. Andrew also swam the breaststroke leg of the 4x50 meter medley relay where he won a silver medal and helped set a new American record in the event with finals relay teammates Ryan Murphy (backstroke), Caeleb Dressel (butterfly), and Ryan Held (freestyle). Swimming in the prelims heats of the mixed 4x50 meter freestyle relay, 4x50 meter freestyle relay, and 4x100 meter medley relay, Andrew helped advance each relay to the final of each event and won a gold medal in each race when the finals relays won. He earned one medal at the meet, a silver medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay where he swam a 59.75 for the breaststroke leg of the relay in the prelims heats. In his individual event at the 100 meter distance, Andrew ranked 19th with a time of 1:00:04 in the 100 meter breaststroke. In addition to being a swimmer for the team, Andrew shared the role of co-owner of the New York Breakers with his parents. At the American Final, in College Park, Maryland, he won the 50 meter backstroke, tying with LA Current swimmer Matt Grevers. For the 2019 season, Andrew's performances earned him the Most Valuable Player designation for the New York Breakers.

2020: Pandemic disrupts competition

Rebounding from his 19th place finish at the 2019 World Championships, Andrew swam a personal best time of 59.14 seconds in the 100 meter breaststroke to win the final at the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Des Moines, Iowa in March 2020. At the same meet he also improved his best times in the 200 meter individual medley and 100 meter butterfly. Later in the month, when the 2020 Olympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrew continued training after a six to seven week break from swimming in a pool. One of the ways Andrew adapted to the hiatus in international swimming competition was by experimenting and posting videos of his daily life as a professional swimmer on his YouTube channel. On Thursday May 13, 2021, Andrew competed in the 100 meter breaststroke, swimming a personal best in the finals with a time of 58.67 and setting a new U.S. Open record and a new Pro Swim Series record for the event. His swim was the second fastest time in the 100 meter breaststroke long course event in the history of the US. The next day, Friday May 14, 2021, Andrew set another Pro Swim Series record this time in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 50.80. Saturday May 15, 2021, he won the 200 individual medley swimming a 1:56.84.

Heading into the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials, Andrew qualified to compete in seven individual events including the 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle, 100 meter backstroke, 100 meter breaststroke, 200 meter breaststroke, 100 meter butterfly, and 200 meter individual medley. He qualified for the 200 meter breaststroke in April 2021 at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Mission Viejo where he swam a 2:11.32 in the final of his debut racing the event, which was over three seconds faster than the Wave II trials qualification time. Attempting to predict the results, Sports Illustrated selected Andrew as finishing first in the 100 meter breaststroke, second in the 100 meter butterfly, and second in the 200 meter individual medley. Sports Illustrated also listed Andrew as one of two potential breakthrough performers to follow at the meet along with Regan Smith. Andrew also garnered attention from ABC Sport regarding his stance on FINA and potential bans on swimmers participating in the International Swimming League in relation to discussions of prize money for swimmers at the Olympic Games.

Andrew entered to swim six events at the Olympic Trials, the seven events he qualified to swim minus the 200 meter breaststroke. In the Omega Timing records book published on June 13, 2021, and containing a list of current American Records, Championship Records, US Open Records, and World Records, Andrew was the only male to have set one of these records (the US Open record in the 100 meter breaststroke) in 2021.

2020 US Olympic Trials On day one of the USA Olympic Trials, June 13, 2021, Andrew swam a 58.19 in the morning prelims for the 100 meter breaststroke, coming in as the fastest swimmer for the prelims heats and setting a new American Record, US Open Record, and Championship Record in the process. His swim also moved him up in rankings to the third fastest swimmer in the event all-time globally and all-time fastest American. In the semifinals for the 100 meter breaststroke the same day, Andrew swam a 58.14, ranking as #1 out of all semifinals swimmers for the event and breaking his own American Record, US Open Record, and Championship Record he set in the prelims. Additionally, the first 50 meters of his 100 meter breaststroke clocked in at 26.83 seconds, which broke the former US Open record in the 50 meter breaststroke he set at 26.84 seconds in 2018. Andrew's setting the American record twice in one day was an NBC Olympics highlight from day one of the Olympic Trials. According to NBC Sports, Andrew's swims on day one of the Olympic Trials in the prelims and semifinals where he set an American record in each swim was a first for anyone to do so.

In the morning on day two of the Olympic Trials, Monday June 14, 2021, Andrew swam a 53.66 in the prelims of the 100 meter backstroke, ranking 7th out of all heats. Competing in his first final of the 2020 Olympic Trials in the evening of day two, Andrew swam a 58.73 in the 100 meter breaststroke, ranking #1 for the event. He qualified for the US Olympic Swimming Team in the 100 meter breaststroke, this was his first time qualifying to compete at an Olympic Games. Two events later, Andrew swam a 53.82 in the 100 meter backstroke semifinals, ranking #8, and qualifying for the final. Andrew making his first US Olympic Team and the 2020 Summer Olympics with the 100 meter breaststroke was highlighted by local news, Aberdeen News and FOX4, swimming news, SwimSwam, and national news, NBC Olympics and NBC Sports.

Day three of competition, Andrew competed in the final of the 100 meter backstroke in the evening, swimming a 53.59 and ranking 8th.

In the prelims of the 200 meter individual medley June 17, 2021, Andrew swam a 1:56.25, ranking first, and advancing to the semifinals. He dropped more than half a second off his former best time in the 200 meter individual medley with his swim, rising to number five fastest American swimmer in the event to that point in time. Andrew lowered his personal best time in the 200 meter individual medley in the semifinals, swimming a 1:55.26, ranking first for the semifinals heats, and advancing to the final the next day. His swim moved him from number five to number three all-time fastest American swimmer in the event as well as making him the fastest swimmer globally for the 2021 year up to then. Andrew also made the top five fastest swimmers all-time globally in the 200 meter individual medley, coming in at number five with his time of 1:55.26.

On the seventh day of competition, Andrew competed in the prelims heats of the 50 meter freestyle, swimming a 21.72, ranking second, and advancing to the semifinals later that day. He ranked second for both semifinals with a time of 21.55 and qualified for the final on day eight, the last day, of competition. Andrew swam a 21.48 in the final, took second place, and qualified to swim the 50 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics. This marked the first time a swimmer for the United States qualified to compete individually at the Olympic Games both in breaststroke and an event other than an individual medley. Andrew filmed some of the typical activities the swimmers took part in during the training camp, edited them together into a vlog format, and shared the video publicly on his YouTube channel to provide viewers a perspective on what it is like to train as a swimmer on the US Olympic team in the time period between qualifying for and competing in an Olympic Games. Andrew was one of 45 entrants in the 200 meter individual medley, 50 entrants in the 100 meter breaststroke, and one of 72 entrants in the 50 meter freestyle at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

On the first day of swimming competition, Saturday July 24, 2021, Andrew swam in his first race at an Olympic Games. He won the fifth heat in the prelims of the 100 meter breaststroke, ranked third overall with a time of 58.62, and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals on July 25, Andrew ranked fifth overall with a time of 58.99 and advanced to the final of the event. Andrew swam a 58.84 in the final and finished in fourth place ahead of his American teammate Andrew Wilson who tied for sixth place.

On day five, Andrew finished the 200 meter individual medley in the prelims heats with a time of 1:56.40, advancing to the semifinals ranked first overall. In his semifinal heat, Andrew finished second with a time of 1:57.08, which ranked him fourth for both semifinals heats and qualified him for the final of the event. In the final on day seven of competition, Andrew finished with a time of 1:57.31, and placed fifth overall in the 200 meter individual medley.

In the evening of day seven, Andrew ranked 11th in the prelims heats of the 50 meter freestyle and qualified for the semifinals with his time of 21.89. In the semifinals on day eight, Andrew swam a 21.67 and advanced to the final tied ranked for fifth.

On the final day of competition, Andrew took fourth place with a time of 21.60 in the 50 meter freestyle final. In the final of the 4x100 meter medley relay, Andrew swam the breaststroke leg of the relay and won the gold medal and set the world record and an Olympic record with his relay teammates Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel, and Zach Apple in a time of 3:26.78. This was the first time Andrew won an Olympic medal. Additionally, Andrew became the first athlete in swimming at the Summer Olympics for the United States, a 125 year history at the time of the Olympic Games in 2021, to compete in an individual breaststroke event and an individual non-breaststroke event that was not an individual medley. Instead he was nominated for the Golden Goggle Award for "Relay Performance of the Year" for his contribution of lowering the world record split time on the breaststroke leg of the gold-medal-winning and world-record-setting 4x100 meter medley relay.

Andrew's swims throughout the Summer Olympics and at the meets in 2021 leading up to the Olympic Games earned him a spot on the 2021–2022 US National Team in four individual events, the 100 meter breaststroke, the 50 meter freestyle, the 200 meter individual medley, and the 100 meter butterfly. Andrew was the only male swimmer and one of seven total swimmers, six were female, for the United States to make the national team in four or more individual events for the year.

2021 World Short Course Championships For the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates starting December 16, Andrew entered to compete in six individual events, the 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, 50 meter butterfly, 100 meter butterfly, 50 meter freestyle, and 100 meter individual medley. Andrew and his teammates for the Championships being announced ranked as number two, only behind Kyle Chalmers of Australia setting a new world record in the 100 meter freestyle, for "The Week That Was" honor from Swimming World for the week of November 1, 2021.

On day one of competition, Andrew qualified for the semifinals of the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 57.54 seconds in the prelims heats, which ranked him eighth. He swam a 57.83 in the semifinals of the event, ranked 14th, and did not qualify for the final. Andrew ranked 33rd in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly on day two with a time of 51.69 seconds and did not qualify for the semifinals. Day three, Andrew swam in the 100 meter individual medley prelims heats, not qualifying for the semifinals with his time of 53.04, which ranked him 17th overall. In the prelims heats of the 50 meter freestyle, Andrew qualified for the semifinals ranking 15th with a 21.52. In the semifinals Andrew did not qualify for the final, ranking 16th overall with his time of 21.63 seconds. On day four, Andrew decided not to compete in the 50 meter butterfly. The same day, Andrew and two other United States swimmers, Rhyan White and Michael Brinegar, officially withdrew from competition, which followed the withdrawal of teammates Lydia Jacoby and Katie Grimes one day earlier.

2022: Stabilizing senior competition In February 2022, Andrew raced the 100 meter freestyle, 50 meter breaststroke, and 100 meter butterfly on the second day of competition of the 4th Copa Heller Cup in Querétaro, Mexico, notably winning the 50 meter breaststroke over Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands with a time of 27.19 seconds. In early March, Andrew swam a 59.05 at the 2022 Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont, Illinois to win the 100 meter breaststroke, finishing just 0.19 seconds off a Pro Swim Series record of 58.86 seconds set by Adam Peaty in 2017, though Andrew had already broken the record twice in May 2021, first with a 58.82 and then again with a 58.67. The next day he won the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 51.74, finishing 0.03 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Shaine Casas. He won the 50 meter freestyle with a 21.73 on the fourth and final day of competition.

2022 International Team Trials At the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, Andrew ranked first in the prelims heats of the 50 meter butterfly on day two with a time of 23.09 seconds and qualified for the evening final. He placed second in the final, finishing in a time of 22.87 seconds, just 0.03 seconds behind the first-place finisher. On the third day, he placed second in the 100 meter butterfly with a 50.88 and won the 50 meter breaststroke with a new American record and US Open record time of 26.52 seconds. Later in the same session, he placed fifth in the 50 meter backstroke with a time of 24.80 seconds. The following day, he placed second in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 58.51 seconds. He placed second in the final of the 50 meter freestyle on the fifth and final day with a personal best time of 21.45 seconds. In total, he was named to the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team roster by USA Swimming in four individual events, the 50 meter and 100 meter breaststroke, the 100 meter butterfly, and the 50 meter freestyle. Three days later, USA Swimming officially added him to the roster in a fifth individual event, the 50 meter butterfly.

2022 World Long Course Championships

The first day of swimming competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in June, Andrew placed ninth in the semifinals of the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 59.63 seconds. Day two, he won a bronze medal in the 50 meter butterfly with a personal best time of 22.79 seconds, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind silver medalist Nicholas Santos of Brazil and marking his first medal in an individual event at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. Two days later, he swam a 26.72 in the final of the 50 meter breaststroke to win the bronze medal and occupy one of the three podium spots, with Nic Fink of the United States taking the gold medal and Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy taking the silver medal. Later in the same session, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay when the finals relay finished first in 3:38.79, in the prelims heats earlier in the day he contributed a split of 50.69 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help qualify it for the final ranking first.

Three days later, on day seven, Andrew won his first and only medal of the finals session in the 50 meter freestyle, finishing 0.09 seconds behind gold medalist Ben Proud of Great Britain and 0.16 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Maxime Grousset of France with a personal best time of 21.41 seconds to win the silver medal. He followed his silver medal up with a fourth-place finish in the final of the 100 meter butterfly less than 40 minutes later with a time of 51.11 seconds. He concluded competition on the eighth and final day, splitting a 50.06 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 meter medley relay in the final to help achieve a time of 3:27.79 and win the silver medal behind only the Italy relay team. In July, following his performances, Andrew was named as a member of the roster for the 2022 Duel in the Pool.

2022 World Short Course Championships

For the 2022 World Short Course Championships, in Melbourne, Australia, Andrew was named to the roster in five individual events, the 50 meter freestyle, 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter breaststroke, 50 meter butterfly, and 100 meter butterfly. In the 4×50 meter mixed medley relay, he won a gold medal for his efforts in the preliminaries, splitting a 25.56 for the breaststroke leg to help qualify the relay for the final ranking first, when the finals relay placed first with a 1:35.15. He won his second of two medals in the 4×50 meter medley relay, anchoring the relay to a finish in an Americas and American record time of 1:30.37 with a time of 20.39 seconds. In the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in 1:29.18 in the final, swimming the first leg of the relay in 20.81 seconds.

In the 50 meter breaststroke, Andrew achieved a personal best time of 25.81 seconds in the semifinals before going on to place fifth in the final with a time of 25.92 seconds. In the 50 meter freestyle he ranked eighth in the prelims heats with a 21.02 before withdrawing from further competition in the event, in the 50 meter butterfly he place 14th with a 22.47, in the 100 meter breaststroke he placed 25th with a 58.22, and in the 100 meter butterfly he placed 30th with a time of 51.93 seconds.

At the 2024 Olympic trials, Andrew failed to qualify for the team, finishing 8th in the 100 breaststroke, an event where he holds the American record, and finishing 5th in the 50 freestyle.

Following this disappointing showing at the Olympic trials, Andrew decided to reevaluate his training, and eventually moved to Tempe, Arizona, to train with Arizona State University.

Then, in December, he competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m), where he earned a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay.

At the 2025 USA Swimming Championships, Andrew earned his spot for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships by finishing 2nd in the 50 m breaststroke and 50 m butterfly.

At the 2026 USA Swimming Championships, Andrew finished 2nd in the 50 m breaststroke and 3rd in the 50 m butterfly.

International championships (50 m) Andrew swam only in the prelims heats. Andrew swam only in exhibition.

International championships (25 m) Andrew swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times Long course meters (50 m pool)

Long Course Event Time Meet Date Note(s) 50 m freestyle 21.41 2022 World Aquatics Championships June 24, 2022 100 m freestyle 49.87 2018 USA Swimming Championships July 25, 2018 50 m backstroke 24.39 2019 Sette Colli June 21, 2019 100 m backstroke 53.40 2019 Sette Colli June 22, 2019 50 m breaststroke 26.52 2022 US International Team Trials April 28, 2022 US, Former NR 100 m breaststroke 58.14 sf 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials June 13, 2021 AM, NR, US 200 m breaststroke 2:11.32 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series - Mission Viejo April 10, 2021 50 m butterfly 22.79 2022 World Aquatics Championships June 19, 2022 100 m butterfly 50.80 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series - Indianapolis May 14, 2021 PSS 200 m individual medley 1:55.26 sf 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials June 17, 2021 400 m individual medley 4:26.24 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series January 14, 2017

Short course meters (25 m pool) Legend: sf = semifinal

Swimming World Cup circuits The following medals Andrew has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.

Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total 2015 0 0 2 2 2016 0 6 1 7 2017 0 3 2 5 2018 4 25 4 33 2019 7 13 9 29 2022 0 1 1 2 Total 11 48 19 78

World records World junior records Long course meters No. Event Time Meet Date Location Status Age 1 100 m breaststroke

h 2016 US Olympic Trials June 26, 2016 Omaha, Nebraska Former

USRPT, short for Ultra-Short Race-Pace Training, is an evidence-based training program/stroke curriculum developed by Dr. Bent S. Rushall for the sport of swimming that Andrew started using as his training method when he was 10 years old.

In the Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, Nugent et al., 2019 reviewed the science behind the USRPT methodology finding most of the science to be anecdotal in nature, highlighting the training records of Andrew as one form of more concrete scientific evidence, and emphasizing the importance of statistical evidence in proving the effectiveness of the USRPT methodology.

Diet Andrew follows a ketogenic diet as part of his training. Golden Goggle Award, Breakout Performer of the Year: 2018 Swimming World, The Week That Was: November 1, 2021 (#2) 2022 (#17) SwimSwam, Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: July 2018, September 2018, May 2021 2014 Golden Goggle Award nominee, Male Race of the Year: 2018 (50 meter freestyle)

Andrew is a Christian. He has said, "Faith is everything. I know that God gives life and without God and what he has done for my family and I, there would be no point in swimming or being here."

Controversy In the weeks leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, Andrew made headlines for defending his decision to go to Tokyo without being vaccinated against COVID-19, which he had tested positive for a few months prior. His decision drew attention from national newspaper USA Today who stated Andrew was the biggest name to come out openly about not getting a COVID-19 vaccine in advance of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Athletes were not required to get a COVID-19 vaccine to compete at the 2020 Olympics and estimates put 80 to 90% of athletes on the U.S. team as having received the vaccine, which made Andrew part of the minority that did not get vaccinated. Speaking to Reuters via a media conference call, Andrew clarified, "My reason behind it is -- for one, it was in the last moment I didn't want to put anything in my body that I didn't know how I would potentially react to. As an athlete on the elite level, everything we do is very calculated. For me in the training cycles and especially at trials, I didn't want to risk any days out, because there are periods where if you take a vaccine, you have to deal with some days off."