Ryan Steven Lochte is an American professional swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist.
81 Facts About Ryan Lochte
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Ryan Lochte currently holds the world records in the 200-meter individual medley.
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Ryan Lochte's success has earned him SwimSwam's Swammy Award for US Male Swimmer of the Year in 2013, the World Swimmer of the Year Award, and the American Swimmer of the Year Award twice.
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Ryan Lochte has been named the FINA Swimmer of the Year three times.
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Ryan Lochte has won a total of 90 medals in major international competition spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, Pan American Games, and Pan Pacific Championships, including six Olympic gold medals and 39 world championship titles.
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Ryan Lochte specializes in the backstroke and individual medley, but is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer.
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Ryan Lochte is noted for the speed and distance he attains while kicking underwater.
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Ryan Lochte is known for his dominance in the short course format.
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In 2016, Ryan Lochte generated international controversy when he claimed that he and three other American swimmers had been pulled over and robbed by armed men with police badges while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Ryan Lochte apologized for not being more candid about the gas station dispute, and subsequently lost four major sponsorships.
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Additionally, Ryan Lochte was required to complete 20 hours of community service, and Bentz was required to complete 10 hours.
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Ryan Lochte was charged in Brazil with falsely reporting a crime.
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Ryan Lochte's mother is Cuban and was born and raised in Havana, while his father is of Dutch, English, and German descent.
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Ryan Lochte has two older sisters, Kristin and Megan, and two younger brothers, Devon and Brandon.
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The family moved to Florida when Ryan Lochte was 12 so his father could coach swimming.
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Ryan Lochte only began taking swimming seriously when he was in junior high school.
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Ryan Lochte spent more time in the showers than he did in the pool.
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Ryan Lochte attended the University of Florida and graduated in 2007, majoring in sport management.
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At Florida, Ryan Lochte was the NCAA Swimmer of the Year twice, a seven-time NCAA champion, a seven-time SEC champion, and a 24-time All-American.
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At the 2006 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, during his senior year, Ryan Lochte won national titles in all three of his individual events, setting US Open and American records in the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard backstroke.
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Ryan Lochte broke Tom Dolan's nearly decade-old NCAA record in the 400-yard individual medley.
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Ryan Lochte narrowly edged out George Bovell and Laszlo Cseh in the 200-meter individual medley to win the silver medal behind Phelps.
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Later that year, at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis, Ryan Lochte won the silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley and the bronze in the 200-meter freestyle.
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At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Ryan Lochte won the bronze medals in both the 200-meter backstroke and 200-meter individual medley.
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At the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships in Shanghai, held just two weeks after the 2006 NCAA Championships, Ryan Lochte won three individual titles, one silver, and one bronze.
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Ryan Lochte won the 200-meter individual medley and the 200-meter backstroke, setting new world records in both events.
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Ryan Lochte won his third gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley, setting a new championship record.
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At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Ryan Lochte won his first individual gold medal at a long course world championships in the 200-meter backstroke against compatriot Aaron Peirsol, breaking Peirsol's world record and his seven-year win streak in the event.
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Ryan Lochte won silver medals in the 100-meter backstroke, and 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley, making his medal total for the meet second only to Phelps.
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At the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Ryan Lochte competed in six individual events and qualified to swim in three individual events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Less than 30 minutes after the 200-meter freestyle final, Ryan Lochte finished in third place behind Aaron Peirsol and Matt Grevers in the 100-meter backstroke final.
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The next day, Ryan Lochte competed in the 100-meter freestyle but withdrew after the semifinals.
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Two days later, in the 200-meter backstroke, Ryan Lochte finished in second place behind Peirsol, who equalled Ryan Lochte's world record.
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Less than 30 minutes after the 200-meter backstroke final, Ryan Lochte finished second to Phelps in the 200-meter individual medley.
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Twenty-seven minutes after the final of the 200-meter backstroke, Ryan Lochte went on to win the bronze in the 200-meter individual medley, finishing behind Phelps and Cseh.
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At the 2009 National Championships, the selection meet for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Ryan Lochte won individual titles in the 200 and 400-meter individual medley.
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Ryan Lochte earned a gold medal in the event along with Phelps, Matt Grevers, and Nathan Adrian.
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At the 2010 National Championships, the selection meet for the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Ryan Lochte won individual titles in the 200-meter backstroke, 200-meter individual medley, and the 400-meter individual medley.
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Ryan Lochte placed second in the 100 and 200-meter freestyle.
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At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, Ryan Lochte won a total of six gold medals.
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At the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai, Ryan Lochte became the first individual in history to win seven medals at the Short Course Worlds and was the only person to set a world record individually since body-length swimsuits were banned.
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At year's end, Ryan Lochte was named the World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.
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Ryan Lochte was named FINA male swimmer of the year for 2010 by FINA Aquatics World Magazine.
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At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Ryan Lochte won a total of six medals, five golds and one bronze.
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Ryan Lochte won the 200-meter individual medley event in a world record time of 1:54.00, finishing ahead of Michael Phelps time of 1:54.16.
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Swimming the anchor leg in 1:44.56, Ryan Lochte was able to make up a deficit from France for the win.
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Ryan Lochte said he was pleased with his performance at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships but feels that he can improve his times before the 2012 Olympics.
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At year's end, Ryan Lochte was named the World Swimmer of the Year and American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine, and defended his titles from 2010.
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Ryan Lochte was named FINA male swimmer of the year for 2011 by FINA Aquatics World Magazine and defended this title.
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Ryan Lochte narrowly missed a spot competing in the individual 100-meter butterfly by finishing third.
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At the Olympics in London, Ryan Lochte won his first gold medal of the games in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:05.18.
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Half an hour later, Ryan Lochte took on Phelps in the 200m individual medley.
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Ryan Lochte won a silver medal behind Phelps in what was thought at the time to be the last head-to-head race of their careers, as Phelps retired after the Games.
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Ryan Lochte has announced he intends to continue swimming through the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Swimming the second leg, Ryan Lochte recorded a split of 47.80, and the team finished with a final time of 3:11.44.
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Ryan Lochte won his first individual medal of the competition, a gold, by defending his title in the 200-meter individual medley, recording a time of 1:54.98.
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The day following his 200 medley gold, Ryan Lochte defended his title in the 200-meter backstroke, recording a time of 1:53.79 in the final.
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Swimming the second leg, Ryan Lochte recorded a split of 1:44.98, and the team finished with a final time of 7:01.72.
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The next day, Ryan Lochte competed in the 100-meter butterfly and finished 6th in the final with a time of 51.58, just off his semifinal time of 51.48.
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Ryan Lochte competed in his sixth World Championships in Kazan in 2015.
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Ryan Lochte made history upon his win in the 200-meter individual medley by becoming the only person other than Grant Hackett to successfully win an event in four consecutive world championships.
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At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, the US qualifying meet for the Rio Olympics, Ryan Lochte finished third in the 400-meter individual medley, just missing out on an Olympic berth.
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Ryan Lochte alleged that a gun had been put up against his head.
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Ryan Lochte later stated in an interview that he had been drunk and that he "over-exaggerated that story".
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Ryan Lochte was dropped by all four of his major sponsors.
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In Michael Andrew's post-win interview for the 200-meter individual medley final, Ryan Lochte joined Andrew and called him family along with the swimming community.
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Ryan Lochte said missing out on the Olympic Team was not the end of the road for him.
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Ryan Lochte added that one of his swimming pursuits moving forward included teaching youth how to swim.
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Ryan Lochte has appeared in commercials for the Nissan Altima and been featured on the covers of Vogue, Time, Men's Health, and Men's Journal.
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Ryan Lochte appeared as an exaggerated version of himself in the 30 Rock episode "Stride of Pride", which aired October 18,2012.
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Ryan Lochte had a guest appearance on 90210 in late 2012.
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In 2017, Ryan Lochte played a supporting role in Little Something for Your Birthday.
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On January 13,2019, the reality game show Celebrity Big Brother announced that Ryan Lochte would be a houseguest in the second American season of the show.
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On September 22,2019, Ryan Lochte appeared on Celebrity Family Feud along with his wife Kayla.
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Ryan Lochte won the family be family round, and between Kayla and himself they scored over 200 points in the final round to win the game.
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On November 13,2019, Ryan Lochte appeared on an episode of "Back in the Game" with Alex Rodriguez.
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In November 2019, Ryan Lochte revealed to Alex Rodriguez on an episode of CNBC's Back In The Game that he once made "well over $1 million" a year and earned $75,000 from a single sponsor.
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Ryan Lochte was forced to sell his 4,200 square feet home and now resides in a 1,800 square feet apartment.
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Ryan Lochte estimated that he had only about $20,000 in savings.
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In July 2021, Ryan Lochte spoke about his stance not supporting protests at athletic events in advance of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Ryan Lochte is good friends with longtime teammates Conor Dwyer and Michael Phelps.