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 name	Andrew Hammond Seliskar[1]
Nickname	Seli
National team	United States
Born	(1996-09-26) September 26, 1996 (age 28)[2] Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.[2]
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)[3]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley
Club	Nation's Capital Swim Club
College team	California Golden Bears[4]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States World Championships 2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle 2018 Tokyo 200 m freestyle Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle World Junior Championships 2013 Dubai 200 m butterfly 2013 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Maui 200 m butterfly 2014 Maui 200 m medley 2014 Maui 400 m medley 2014 Maui 4×200 m freestyle 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 2019 Austin 200 y breaststroke 2019 Austin 200 y freestyle 2019 Austin 200 y medley 2019 Austin 4×50 y freestyle 2017 Indianapolis 400 y medley 2018 Minneapolis 200 y breaststroke 2019 Austin 4×100 y medley 2016 Atlanta 200 y butterfly 2018 Minneapolis 400 y medley 2018 Minneapolis 4×100 y freestyle 2019 Austin 4×100 y freestyle 2019 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 Berkeley'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]

2021

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, Seliskar announced his retirement from competitive swimming.^[5][6]

Post-professional swimming

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

Awards

• SwimSwam Swammy Award, NCAA Swimmer of the Year (male): 2019^[47]
• Swimming World, High School Swimmer of the Year (male): 2015^[9]
• SwimSwam Swammy Award, Age Group Swimmer of the Year 17—18 (male): 2014^[48]
• SwimSwam Swammy Award, Age Group Swimmer of the Year 15—16 (male): 2013^[49]
• SwimSwam Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#49)^[50]