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2026-27 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

David Naydenov

  • Position Freestyle
  • Class First-Year
  • Hometown Pleven, Buglaria
  • High School Geo Milev Secondary School of Mathematics
  • Event Freestyle

Biography

Before Harvard

Competed for Invictus Swimming Club from 2014-17, NSA Sports Club from 2018-19, and Aquazard Swimming Club from 2020-26… Bulgarian national champion in 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025… National record holder… Three-time Multination junior meet participant (2023 Belgrade, 2024 Graz, 2025 Lymassol; one silver and three bronze medals from Multinations)… Two-time European Junior Championships participant (2024 Vilnius, 2025 Samorin)… Finalist in 4x200 freestyle relay at EJSC Samorin 2025 (5th place)… Participant in the World Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni 2025 (10th place, 4x200 free relay)… Member of the record-breaking 4x200m free relay team since 2023… Took extracurricular English language classes between third and 10th grade… Took CAE Cambridge English exam with score A… Father, Boyko Naydenov, was a member of the Bulgarian National rowing team.