Mike Barrowman

Mike Barrowman

Personal information
Full name	Michael Ray Barrowman
Nickname(s)	"Mike"
Nationality	United States
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
College team	University of Michigan
Date of birth	December 4, 1968 (1968-12-04) (age 41)
Place of birth	Costa Mesa, California
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona 200 m Breaststroke World Championships (LC) Gold 1991 Perth 200 m Breaststroke Pan American Games Silver 1987 Indianapolis 200 m Breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1989 Tokyo 200 m Breaststroke Gold 1991 Edmonton 100 m Breaststroke Gold 1991 Edmonton 200 m Breaststroke Gold 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m Medley

Michael ("Mike") Ray Barrowman (born December 4, 1968) is an American former swimmer, one of the pioneers of the "Wave-Style" Breaststroke technique.

He placed 4th in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 200m Breaststroke. In 1992 he returned to the Olympics and won the gold medal in the same event. He later temporarily retired from swimming and took up competitive flatwater kayaking, competing at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1995. He is now a coach in the Cayman Islands. Barrowman was known for his high consumption of hamburgers and french fries during his taper period just prior to a major meet, while he would maintain a strict diet during training season.

Barrowman swam for four years for the University of Michigan. Between 1989 and 1991, he won three consecutive NCAA titles in the 200 yard breaststroke. His NCAA record of 1:53.77 from 1990, would stand strong for eleven seasons, and was the oldest men's NCAA record in 2001, when it was finally broken by Brendan Hansen.

He was named Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1989 and 1990 by Swimming World magazine.

References

• sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Victor Davis	Men's 200m breaststroke world record holder (long course) August 4, 1989 – October 2, 2002 (co-held record with Nick Gillingham on Aug.19,1989)	Succeeded by Kosuke Kitajima

v • d • e 1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman  •  David Berkoff  •  Steve Bigelow  •  Matt Biondi  •  Matt Cetlinski  •  Troy Dalbey  •  Mark Dean  •  Doug Gjertsen  •  Chris Jacobs  •  Tom Jager  •  Shaun Jordan  •  Dan Jorgensen  •  Lars Jorgensen  •  Jeff Kostoff  •  Brett Lang  •  Jay Mortenson  •  Craig Oppel  •  Rich Schroeder  •  Kirk Stackle  •  Bill Stapleton  •  Melvin Stewart  •  Dan Veatch  •  Daniel Watters  •  Dave Wharton Women's Team Beth Barr  •  Tami Bruce  •  Janet Evans  •  Leigh Ann Fetter  •  Erika Hansen  •  Andrea Hayes  •  Whitney Hedgepeth  •  Janel Jorgensen  •  Mitzi Kremer  •  Susan Lipscomb  •  Tracey McFarlane  •  Mary T. Meagher  •  Betsy Mitchell  •  Trina Radke  •  Susan Rapp  •  Jill Sterkel  •  Dara Torres  •  Laura Walker  •  Mary Wayte  •  Paige Zemina Coaches Steve Bultman  •  Dick Hannula (manager)  •  Mitch Ivey  •  Frank Keefe  •  Skip Kenney  •  Richard Quick  •  Eddie Reese  •  Randy Reese  •  Mark Schubert

v • d • e 1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman  •  David Berkoff  •  Matt Biondi  •  Greg Burgess  •  Hans Dersch  •  Nelson Diebel  •  Lawrence Frostad  •  Doug Gjertsen  •  Joe Hudepohl  •  Scott Jaffe  •  Tom Jager  •  Shaun Jordan  •  Dan Jorgensen  •  Ron Karnaugh  •  Sean Killion  •  Pablo Morales  •  Eric Namesnik  •  Jon Olsen  •  Jeff Rouse  •  Roque Santos  •  Tripp Schwenk  •  Royce Sharp  •  Melvin Stewart  •  Joel Thomas  •  Dave Wharton Women's Team Crissy Ahmann-Leighton  •  Janet Evans  •  Nicole Haislett  •  Erika Hansen  •  Jill Johnson  •  Megan Kleine  •  Lea Loveless  •  Angel Martino  •  Anita Nall  •  Summer Sanders  •  Ashley Tappin  •  Jenny Thompson  •  Dara Torres  •  Janie Wagstaff  •  Angie Wester-Krieg Coaches Mike Hastings  •  Richard Quick  •  Eddie Reese  •  Mark Schubert  •  Richard Shoulberg  •  Nort Thornton  •  Jon Urbanchek

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