Mihajlo Ristovski

Mihajlo Ristovski
Personal information
Full name	Mihajlo Ristovski
National team	North Macedonia
Born	3 March 1983 (age 38); Struga, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	PK Akvatik

Mihajlo Ristovski (Macedonian: Михајло Ристовски; born March 3, 1983) is a former Macedonian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.^[2]^[1] He represented the Republic of Macedonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing among the top 60 swimmers in the 200 m freestyle.^[3]

Ristovski was invited by FINA through the Universality rule to compete as a lone male swimmer for Macedonia in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[3] Swimming against Georgia's Irakli Revishvili and two-time Olympian Emanuele Nicolini of San Marino in heat one, Ristovski powered his way into second place and fifty-fifth overall in his lifetime best at 1:57.45, which was not enough to put him further to the semifinals.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Mihajlo Ristovski". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mihajlo Ristovski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "македонското знаме во пекинг" [Macedonians fly to Beijing] (in Macedonian). Macedonian Olympic Committee. 31 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
^ "Деби на македонските олимпијци во Пекинг" [Debut Macedonian Olympians in Beijing] (in Macedonian). Ohrid Live. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

External links[]

NBC Olympics Profile

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[beijing2008-1] "Mihajlo Ristovski". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mihajlo Ristovski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[ristovski-beijing-3] "македонското знаме во пекинг" [Macedonians fly to Beijing] (in Macedonian). Macedonian Olympic Committee. 31 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

[4] "Swimming: Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[5] "Деби на македонските олимпијци во Пекинг" [Debut Macedonian Olympians in Beijing] (in Macedonian). Ohrid Live. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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