Andrew Seliskar

Andrew Hammond Seliskar (born September 26, 1996) is a retired American competitive swimmer.[5][6] He won the gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai, breaking the Championships record.[7]

Andrew Seliskar
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Hammond Seliskar[1]
Nickname(s)Seli
National team United States
Born (1996-09-26) September 26, 1996[2]
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.[2]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Weight84 kg (185 lb)[3]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley
College teamCalifornia Golden Bears[4]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gwangju4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Maui 100 m butterfly
Representing the California Golden Bears

Event 1st 2nd 3rd
NCAA Championships 4 3 5
Total 4 3 5
By race
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
200 y breaststroke 1 1 0
200 y butterfly 0 0 1
200 y freestyle 1 0 0
200 y medley 1 0 0
400 y medley 0 1 1
4×50 y freestyle 1 0 0
4×100 y freestyle 0 0 2
4×200 y freestyle 0 0 1
4×100 y medley 0 1 0
Total 4 3 5
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Austin 200 y breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2019 Austin 200 y freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Austin 200 y medley
Gold medal – first place2019 Austin 4×50 y freestyle
Silver medal – second place2017 Indianapolis 400 y medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Minneapolis 200 y breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2019 Austin 4×100 y medley
Bronze medal – third place2016 Atlanta 200 y butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2018 Minneapolis 400 y medley
Bronze medal – third place2018 Minneapolis 4×100 y freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2019 Austin 4×100 y freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2019 Austin 4×200 y freestyle

Seliskar swam in college for the California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley and currently swims for California Aquatics. Previously, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia and swam for Nation’s Capital Swim Club.[8] In 2015 he was named male High School Swimmer of the Year.[9]

University of California, Berkeley

Seliskar trained under Dave Durden at the University of California, Berkeley.[10]

2015-2016

Seliskar won victories in the 200-yard butterfly,[11] 200-yard[12] and 400-yard[13] individual medley, 400-yard[14] and 800-yard[15] freestyle relays, and 400-yard medley relay.[16] Additionally, he was honored as the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year.[10]

At the NCAA Championships 2016, he won the bronze medal in the 200-yard butterfly men[17][18] and reached the final round in 200[19][20] and 400[21][22] individual medley men events, ranked 7th and 5th respectively.

2016-2017

During his second year at the NCAA Championships 2017, Seliskar won a silver medal in the 400-yard medley.[23] He finished 6th in the 200-yard butterfly[24] and individual medley.[25]

2017-2018

Seliskar led UC Berkley's 800-yard freestyle relay,[26] securing a 6th place finish while setting a new school record of 1:31.28. He achieved a 3th finish in the 400-yard individual medley,[27] and a 5th finish in the 200-yard individual medley.[28] Seliskar came in 2nd in the 200-yard breaststroke.[29] Seliskar contributed to a 3rd place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.[30]

2018-2019

In his final year, Seliskar achieved his 11th Pac-12 title on the last night of the 2019 PAC-12 Championships.[31] This achievement broke both Cal's school record and the Pac-12 Conference record for the highest number of individual conference titles by a male swimmer since the championship's inception in 1961.[10] Seliskar set new Conference Championship records in the 200-yard freestyle[32] and 200-yard breaststroke,[33] while also securing a victory in the 200-yard individual medley[34] His performance contributed to the Cal Golden Bears' tally of 15 wins throughout the meet, including a clean sweep of the event titles on the final day of competition.[10][31]

At the NCAA Championships 2019, Seliskar won all of his individual events. This achievement marked his first individual NCAA title, and also earned him a total of three titles, solidifying his status as the Swimmer of the Meet.[35] He won the 200-yard individual medley,[36] the 200-yard freestyle,[37] and the 200-yard breaststroke.[38]

International career

2013

In August 2013, he won the gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly at the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships, and the Championship category's Record.[10][39]

In December 2013, he won the gold medal in the 400 yard individual medley at the senior 2013 Winter National Championships. He also won silver medals in the 200 meter individual medley and the 200 meter butterfly.[2]

2014

Seliskar broke the junior world record in the 200 meter butterfly (long course) at the 2014 junior Pan Pacific Championships. He won three individual gold medals at that meet, in the 200 meter butterfly (1:55.92), 200 meter individual medley (2:00.81), and the 400 meter individual medley (4:16.05), as well as a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly (53.14).[2][40] He also won a gold medal in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay, contributing a split time of 1:52.05 to the final time of 7:21.36.[40]

2015

In 2015, Seliskar competed at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, and finished 8th in the 50-meter and 200-meter butterfly events.[2][41]

2020 US Olympic Trials

In June 2021, Seliskar qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games by placing 4th with a 1:46.34 in the 200 meter freestyle at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska.[42]

2020 Summer Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Seliskar competed in the prelims of the 4x200 meter freestyle relay along with Blake Pieroni, Patrick Callan, and Drew Kibler.[43] Together they finished in fifth place and advanced the relay to the final.[43][44] In the final, the relay finished fourth overall, not winning an Olympic medal.[43][45]

2022: Retirement

In March 2022, SwimSwam and Swimming World conferred on Seliskar a permanent retirement from competitive swimming, with no perceptible return to competitions in the future.[5][6]

Post-professional swimming

Following his departure from competitive swimming, Seliskar became a business analyst at McKinsey & Company in April 2022.[46]

Awards

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