Rhyan White won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics for her contribution in the prelims of the event and placed fourth in both the 100-meter backstroke and the 200-meter backstroke.
22 Facts About Rhyan White
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At the 2020 Olympics, White became the first Utah-born swimmer to compete in an Olympic Games.
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Rhyan White won her first world title in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2021 World Short Course Championships.
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Rhyan White graduated from Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science, which is physically contained within Cottonwood High School.
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Rhyan White committed to competing collegiately for the University of Alabama in 2017 and started swimming for the school in the autumn of 2018.
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Rhyan White currently attends and swims for the University of Alabama, where she is majoring in psychology.
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At the 2016 US Olympic Trials in swimming, Rhyan White competed in two events.
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Rhyan White finished in 18th place overall in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:12.36, and 61st overall with a time of 1:02.82 in the 100-meter backstroke.
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Rhyan White was the only American swimmer to win a medal of any type, gold, silver, or bronze, at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning the bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:00.60.
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In June 2021 at the US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Rhyan White became the first woman from the University of Alabama to win any event at a US Olympic trials in swimming when she won the 200-meter backstroke.
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The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan were the first Olympic Games Rhyan White made the US Olympic team.
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Rhyan White became the third female athlete from the University of Alabama to make the US Olympic team in any sport, and the first female swimmer from the school.
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Rhyan White was the first swimmer from Utah to compete in an Olympic Games.
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On day six of competition, Rhyan White tied for second overall in the prelims heats of the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:08.23 and advanced to the semifinals.
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Rhyan White entered to compete in three individual events, the 50-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter backstroke, at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December.
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Rhyan White tied Kira Toussaint of the Netherlands for second-rank in the semifinals with a time of 56.05 seconds and qualified for the final.
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Later in the same session, Rhyan White placed fifth in the final of the 100-meter backstroke with a 55.87.
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Rhyan White's win was her first world title and the first individual gold medal won by a swimmer from the University of Alabama swim program at a World Championships.
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Day four, Rhyan White decided not to swim the 50-meter backstroke.
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Rhyan White officially withdrew from competition alongside teammates MIchael Andrew and Michael Brinegar the same day.
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Rhyan White placed second in the final with a 51.19, finishing 0.85 seconds after first-place finisher Ellen Walshe.
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Rhyan White lowered her time to a 1:50.22 in the final to win the event by over half a second.