Björn Hornikel

Björn Hornikel
Personal information
Nationality German[1]
Born (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992
Böblingen, Germany[2]
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport Swimming
College team The University of Alabama[3]

Björn Hornikel (born 6 May 1992) is a German swimmer. He competed in the 100 meter freestyle and 4x100 freestyle relay [4] event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

In seasonal competition he achieved a 48.65s 100m freestyle result at the 128. Deutschen Meisterschaften in Berlin, qualifying to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil.[6] In Rio, he swam a 49.62s 100m freestyle in his heat, and did not advance to the semi-finals. [7]

References

  1. "Bjorn HORNIKEL - Olympic - Germany". 25 June 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Björn Hornikel - Player Profile - Swimming". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "ROLLTIDE.COM - University of Alabama Official Athletics Site". www.rolltide.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. "The Alabama Crimson Tide in Rio - Alabama Athletics". Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "Björn Hornikel". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  6. https://swimsportnews.de/6136-schwimm-dm-2016-die-medaillengewinner-herren
  7. http://www.bestswim.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/resultados-olimpiada-rio2016-completo-natacao-maratonas-otimizado.pdf
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