Milorad Čavić

Čavić in 2009, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Milorad Čavić (Милорад Чавић)

Place of Birth: Anaheim, Orange, California, United States

Date of Birth: May 31, 1984

Ethnicity: Serbian

Milorad Čavić is an American-Serbian professional swimmer. He has represented FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia as a swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and is a World and European champion, and world record holder. He is nicknamed Čavke, Čava, Majkula, Mike, and Milo. He is 6′5 1⁄2″.

His parents, Ljiljana and Dušan Čavić, emigrated to California from Serbia. He is a citizen of the U.S. and Serbia.

Milorad’s paternal grandfather is named Milorad Čavić.