Björn Seeliger

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Accolades

ACC team championship (2025)
Olympian (Sweden: 2020, Tokyo)
NCAA team championship (2022, 2023)
Pac-12 team championship (2021, 2022)
3x NCAA champion
- 2022: 400 medley relay
- 2021: 200 free relay, 400 free relay
19x CSCAA All-American
- 2023: 50 free, 100 free, 100 back (2nd), 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay
- 2022: 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2021: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
12x Pac-12 champion
- 2023: 100 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay
- 2022: 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 200 free relay, 400 free relay
- 2021: 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2022, first team), (2023, first team)
CSC Academic All-American (2023)
Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (2022), (2023)

At Cal
2022-23 (Jr.)

Earned All-American honors in six events and scored 39 individual points at the 2023 NCAAs.
- 3rd 50 free (18.67)
- 3rd 100 free (40.93)
- 10th 100 back (45.00)
Helped the Bears set program records in three different relays at the NCAAs
- 4th in the 200 medley relay - 1:21.24 - fifth fastest time in NCAA history - program record
- 2nd 200 free relay - 1:13.82 - program record
- 2nd 400 free relay - 2:45.67 - program record
Scored 51 points at the Pac-12 Championships
- Defended his title in the 100 free finishing with a time of 40.90 - a Pac-12 record and a Pac-12 Championship record
- Captured second in the 50 free with a time of 18.91
- Took fifth in the 100 back with a time of 45.45
- Helped the Bears win the 400 free relay with a Pac-12 Championship time of 2:45.67
- Helped the Bears win the 200 free relay with at ime of 1:15.40
- Captured second in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:02.46.
Among Cal's top-nine fastest swims in four individual events (50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back)

2021-22 (So.)

Solidified himself as one of the NCAA's premier short course sprinters during sophomore year
Major point contributor to Cal's 2022 NCAA & Pac-12 team titles
Won his third NCAA relay title in 400 medley relay (3:00.36); split 40.64 on anchor leg to help Bears set school record
Became the second-fastest swimmer all-time in the 50 free by clocking 18.27 on leadoff leg of Cal's 200 free relay at NCAAs; surpassed Cal great Ryan Hoffer
Scored 45 individual points & earned All-America status in the maximum of seven events at NCAAs
- 2nd in 50 free (18.59)
- 2nd in 100 free (41.00); threw down second-fastest time ever (40.75) in prelims
- 8th in 100 back (44.87); swam third-fastest time in school history with 44.58 in prelims
- 1st in 400 medley relay (3:00.36)
- 2nd in 200 free relay (1:14.36)
- 3rd in 400 free relay (2:46.42)
- 3rd in 200 medley relay (1:21.69)
Won five Pac-12 titles, including an individual sweep, to help Cal earn its fifth consecutive conference team championship
- 1st in 50 free (18.84)
- 1st in 100 free (41.51)
- 1st in 100 back (44.72)
- 1st in 200 free relay (1:15.00)
- 1st in 400 free relay (2:45.94); school record
- 3rd in 200 medley relay (1:23.26)
- 3rd in 400 medley relay (3:02.84)
Amassed 13 individual wins throughout the 2021-22 season

2020-21 (Fr.)

Emerged as one of the fastest sprinters at the U.S. collegiate level during a dynamic freshman year in Berkeley
Earned six All-America certificates (two individual, four relay)
Won two NCAA relay titles in the 200 free relay (18.72 split; 1:14.36 - school record) & 400 free relay events (42.22 split; 2:46.60), swimming the leadoff leg on both
NCAA runner-up in the 50 free with the second-fastest time in the nation (18.71) & added a fourth-place finish in the 100 free (41.74) at NCAAs
- Clocked a season-best 41.65 in the 100 free prelims
- Anchored Cal's runner-up 3:00.73 finish in the 400 medley relay with a 41.07 split
Swam on four of Cal’s relay titles (200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay) at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships, helping the Bears win their fourth consecutive team title
Tallied 30 individual points with a runner-up finish in the 50 free (18.84) & a sixth-place effort in the 100 free (43.10) at Pac-12s
Ranked as the fourth- & fifth-fastest swimmer in school history in the 50 & 100 free events, respectively, at the end of his freshman campaign
Set a trio of Spieker Aquatics Complex pool records in the 200 free relay (1:16.63, Jan. 29), 400 free relay (2:50.09, Jan. 30) & 200 medley relay (1:24.38, Feb. 19)

National (Sweden)

Competed at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan
- Finished 31st in the heats in the 50 free with a time of 22.30
- Took 30th in the heats in the 100 free with a time of 48.82
- Captured 25th in the heats of the 50 back with a time of 25.38
Swam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, placing 23rd in the 50 free (22.19)
- Clinched his spot on the Swedish Olympic roster by clearing the FINA “A” cut in the 50-meter free with a 21.71 personal-best time at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy, on June 26, 2021
Member of the Swedish Senior National Team since 2017
Swam on Sweden's 4x100m free relay at 2022 FINA World Championships; placed 11th (3:15.46)
Former member of Swedish Junior National Team
National age group record holder in several swimming events
Broke his own Swedish national junior record in the 50 meter free in June 2020, swimming a 22.06
Earned one gold & one silver at 2018 European Junior Championships
Won gold in 4x100 mixed free relay at 2019 FINA World Cup in Berlin
Swam at 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships, finishing 31st in both 50 free & 100 free

High School/Club

Personal

Full name is Björn Markus Seeliger
Born on January 11, 2000 in Celle, Germany
Son of Kirsten & Frank Seeliger
Has two younger siblings, Annika & Marit Seeliger
His uncle, Markus Seeliger, completed his postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley with Professor John Kuriyan
Postgraduate career pursuits include Business & Economy as well as academic studies such as a M.Sc or PhD
Owns two cats, Pia & Pelle
Hobbies include cooking, video production & guitar playing
Played fútbol for four years