RYAN LOCHTE SWIMMER

Ryan Lochte
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Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte during the 2008 Olympic Trials
Personal information
Full name
Ryan Steven Lochte
Nickname(s)
The Lochtenator [1]
Nationality
United States
Stroke(s)
Medley, Backstroke, Freestyle
Club
Daytona Beach Speed Swimming
College team
Florida Gators
Date of birth
August 3, 1984 (1984-08-03) (age 25)
Place of birth
Canandaigua, New York
Height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Medal record[show]
Olympic Games
Gold
2004 Athens
4×200m freestyle
Gold
2008 Beijing
200m backstroke
Gold
2008 Beijing
4×200m freestyle
Silver
2004 Athens
200m medley
Bronze
2008 Beijing
200m medley
Bronze
2008 Beijing
400m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold
2005 Montreal
4×200m freestyle
Gold
2007 Melbourne
200m backstroke
Gold
2007 Melbourne
4×200m freestyle
Gold
2009 Rome
200m medley
Gold
2009 Rome
400m medley
Gold
2009 Rome
4x100m freestyle
Gold
2009 Rome
4x200m freestyle
Silver
2007 Melbourne
100m backstroke
Silver
2007 Melbourne
200m medley
Silver
2007 Melbourne
400m medley
Bronze
2005 Montreal
200m backstroke
Bronze
2005 Montreal
200m medley
Bronze
2009 Rome
200m backstroke
World Championships (SC)
Gold
2004 Indianapolis
4×200m freestyle
Gold
2006 Shanghai
200m backstroke
Gold
2006 Shanghai
200m medley
Gold
2006 Shanghai
400m medley
Gold
2008 Manchester
100m medley
Gold
2008 Manchester
200m medley
Gold
2008 Manchester
400m medley
Gold
2008 Manchester
4×100m freestyle
Silver
2004 Indianapolis
200m medley
Silver
2006 Shanghai
4×100m medley
Silver
2008 Manchester
200m backstroke
Silver
2008 Manchester
4×100m medley
Bronze
2004 Indianapolis
200m freestyle
Bronze
2006 Shanghai
4×100m freestyle
Bronze
2006 Shanghai
4×200m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold
2003 Santo Domingo
4×200m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold
2006 Victoria
4×200m freestyle
Silver
2006 Victoria
100m backstroke
Silver
2006 Victoria
200m medley
Ryan Steven Lochte (born August 3, 1984) is an American swimmer. He is a multiple world record holder and Olympic gold medalist. He is a 2004 Olympic Champion in the 4×200 m freestyle, Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m individual medley and 2008 Olympics champion in the 200 m backstroke, the 4×200 m freestyle, and bronze medalist in the 400 m and 200 m individual medley.
Lochte specializes in the backstroke and individual medley, but is also a freestyle relay swimmer. He is noted for the speed and distance he attains while kicking underwater.
He is a close rival and friends with Michael Phelps in the individual medley events and Aaron Peirsol in the backstroke races.
Contents[hide]
1 Personal life
2 Career
2.1 Collegiate career
2.2 International career
2.3 2008 Summer Olympic Games
2.4 2009 World Championships
3 Best times
4 References
5 External links
6 See also
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Personal life
Ryan Lochte was born in Canandaigua, New York. He attended Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, Florida.[2]
He graduated from the University of Florida, and represented them in NCAA competition. He currently lives and trains in Gainesville, Florida.[3]
Career
Collegiate career
At the 2006 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Lochte won individual titles in all three of his individual events, setting U.S. Open and American records in the 200 yard individual medley and the 200 yard backstroke. He broke Tom Dolan's nearly decade old NCAA record in the 400 yard individual medley. He set another U.S. Open and American record in the 100 yard backstroke leading off the 4×100 yard medley relay for the Florida Gators. This time was faster than the record in the 100 yard butterfly at the time.[4] The record in the 100 yard fly has since been lowered under Lochte's backstroke record.
Lochte won swimmer of the meet for his senior year.
Other accomplishments in 2006 include breaking the 11-year-old SEC record in the 100 butterfly previously held by John Hargis. After finishing his fourth year of collegiate eligibility with the Gators, he was sponsored by Speedo, thus turning professional.
International career
Lochte made his Olympic debut after finishing second to Michael Phelps in the 200 m individual medley at the US trials. He also qualified for the 4×200 m freestyle relay team. At the Olympics, Lochte swam with Phelps, Klete Keller and Peter Vanderkaay to upset the Australian team and capture the gold medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. He also narrowly edged out George Bovell and Laszlo Cseh in the 200 m individual medley to win the silver medal behind Phelps.
Later that year at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis, Lochte won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley and the bronze in the freestyle. He also won the gold medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada, Lochte won the bronze medals in the 200 m backstroke and individual medley, and was a part of the 4×200 m freestyle relay team which set an American record and won the gold.
Just two weeks after the 2006 NCAA Championships, at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships, Lochte won the world titles in the same events he won at the NCAA championships and set world records in the same events he for which he set American records. He won two individual events in the 200 m individual medley and the 200 m backstroke, setting new world records in both events. He also set another world record in the 100 m backstroke, in the opening leg of the 4×100 m medley relay, becoming the first man to complete the distance in under 50 seconds. He won a third gold medal in the 400 m individual medley, setting a new American record. He was named as the male swimmer of the meet by FINA.

Lochte (left) with Phelps (center) and Cseh (right) after winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 Individual Medley.
At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Lochte won his first individual gold medal at a long course world championship in the 200 m backstroke against American Aaron Peirsol, breaking Peirsol's world record and his seven-year winning streak in the event. This was Lochte's his first world record in a long course event. Lochte went on to set a world record in the 4×200 freestyle relay with Michael Phelps, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay. He also won silver medals in the 100 m backstroke, the 200 m IM, and the 400 m IM, making his medal total for the meet second to only Phelps.
Within a week of the world championships, Lochte competed in the annual Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool where he again beat Piersol. In the 100 meter backstroke, he beat Peirsol's other seven-year winning streak in the shorter of the backstroke races, edging out Peirsol by .06 seconds.
2008 Summer Olympic Games
See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lochte won the bronze medal in the 400 m IM event, with Phelps grabbing the gold in a world record time. On August 13, 2008, Lochte was part of the 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record as the American team finished first with a time of 6:58.56. The Americans were the first team to break the seven-minute mark in the relay, and broke the previous record, set in Melbourne, Australia, by more than four and a half seconds.[5] On August 14, 2008, Lochte won the gold medal in the 200 meter backstroke, while simultaneously beating the world record. 27 minutes after the final of the 200 m backstroke, Lochte went on to win the bronze in the 200 m IM.
2009 World Championships
See also: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Lochte swam the second leg of the 4x100m freestyle final at the 2009 World Championships in Rome and earned a gold medal when the US placed first in the final.[6] For his second event, the 200 m individual medley, Lochte won the gold in a world record time of 1:54.10 to better Michael Phelps record of 1:54.23. Even more amazing, he did it in a LZR Racer.[7] In the 200 m backstroke final, Lochte earned a bronze medal. Lochte swam in the final of the 4x200m freestyle, which won gold and bettered the world record set last year.[8]