| Raichin Antonov | |
| Fullname: | Raichin Antonov |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Club: | Slavia Sofia |
| Coach: | Jack Steck (U.S.) |
| Collegeteam: | Missouri State University (U.S.) |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Height: | 1.960NaN0 |
| Weight: | 820NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Raichin Antonov (Bulgarian: Райчин Антонов; born April 11, 1980) is a Bulgarian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He is a multiple-time Bulgarian record holder and champion in the 50 and 100 m freestyle. He is also a former member of the swimming team for the Missouri State Bears under head coach Jack Steck, and a business graduate at the Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.
Antonov qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 23.48 (50 m freestyle) and 51.65 (100 m freestyle) from the Missouri State Swimming Championships.[2] [3] In the 100 m freestyle, Antonov challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including two-time Olympians George Gleason of the Virgin Islands and Allen Ong of Malaysia. He rounded out the field to last place and fifty-second overall by 0.29 of a second behind Ong in 52.33.[4] [5] In his second event, 50 m freestyle, Antonov matched his position from his first on the morning's prelims. Swimming in heat five, he touched out Iceland's Örn Arnarson to take a sixth spot by 0.17 of a second, outside his entry time of 23.67.[6] [7]