Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix 1 - USA Swimming

Ryan Lochte
PRONOUNCED: LOCK-tee
CLUB: Daytona Beach Swimming
AGE: 27 DOB: Aug 3, 1984
HEIGHT: 6' 2" (188.0 cm)
HOMETOWN: Daytona Beach, Fla.
RESIDENCE: Gainesville, Fla.
BIRTHPLACE: Rochester, N.Y.
COACHED BY: Gregg Troy
Career Highlights:
Won five gold medals at 2011 FINA World Championsihps (800m FR-R; 200m FR; 200m BK;
400m IM; 200m IM (WR)) and became first swimmer to set a world record since the banning of
polyurethane suits ... Finished third in the 100m back at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National
Championships ... Six-time gold medal-winner at the 2010 FINA Short Course World
Championships (100m IM, 200m free-relay, 200m back, 400m IM (WR), 4x100m med-relay,
200m IM (WR)), breaking the all-time SC Worlds medal record ... set eight American records ...
was named best male swimmer of the championships ... Six-time gold medal-winner at the
2010 MOO Pan Pacific Championships including the 200m free, 200m and 400m IM, 200m
back, and 400 and 800m free relays … 2010 National Champion in the 200m back, 200m IM
and 400m IM … 4-time gold medalist at the 2009 FINA World Championships in the 200m IM
(WR), 4x200 freestyle-relay (WR), 4x100m freestyle relay and 400m IM … double gold
medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 200m back (WR) and 800m free-relay (WR); also
claimed two bronze medals in the 200m IM and 400m IM ... set three world records at the 2008
FINA Short Course World Championships ... set his first individual long-course world record
winning gold in the 200m back at the 2007 FINA World Championships ... also set a world
record as part of the men's 800m free-relay team ... won gold swimming on the American
record-breaking 800m free-relay and silver in the 200m IM at the 2004 Olympic Games … At
the 2006 Short Course World Championships, captured six medals – three gold – and setting
three world records … triple medalist at the 2005 World Championships
Olympics History:
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Gold, 200m BK (WR); Bronze, 200m IM; Bronze, 400m IM ...
2004: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); Silver, 200m IM
World Champs History:
2011: Gold, 800m FR-R; Gold, 200m FR; Gold, 200m BK; Gold, 400m IM; Gold, 200m IM
(WR) ... 2009: Gold, 200m IM (WR); Gold 800m FR-R (WR); Gold, 400m IM; Bronze, 200m
BK ... 2007: Gold, 200m BK(WR)/800m FR-R(WR); Silver, 100m BK & 200m/400m IM ... 2005:
Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); Bronze, 200m BK & 200m IM; 5, 400m IM
World Champs History:
2011: Gold 200 Fr, Gold 200 BK, Gold 200 IM, Gold 400 IM, Gold 4x200 FR-R, Bronze (pr)
4x100 FR-R
Pan Pacs History:
2010: Gold, 200m FR; Gold, 400m IM; Gold, 200m IM; Gold, 200m BK; Gold, 800m FR-R;
Gold, 400m FR-R ... 2006: Gold, 800m FR-R(AR); Silver, 100m BK & 200m IM
SC Worlds History:
2010: Gold 200 Fr, 200 Bk, 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM, 4x100 Med-R, Silver 4x200 Fr-R
Duel in the Pool History:
2011: 1, 200m BK; 1, 200m IM; 1, 400m IM ... 2005: Silver, 100m BK/200m IM
Olympic Trials History:
2008: 2, 200m IM; 2, 400m IM; 2, 200m BK; 3, 100m BK ... 2004: 2, 200m IM; 4, 400m IM; 4,
200m FR
FAST FACTS
USA Swimming
Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004)
Fourth World Championships (2011, 2009,
2007, 2005)
Twelve Worlds Medals (6g, 3s, 3b)
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS
2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships
2011: Bronze, 100m BK
2011 FINA World Championships
2011: Gold, 800m FR-R; Gold, 200m FR; Gold,
200m BK; Gold, 400m IM; Gold, 200m IM (WR)
2010 Pan Pacific Champs
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Gold, 400m FR-R
2010 FINA World Champs (25m)
2010: Gold, 400m MED-R (SCM) (WR); Silver,
800m FR-R (SCM) (WR); Gold, 200m FR (SCM);
Gold, 100m IM (SCM); Gold, 400m IM (SCM)
(WR); Gold, 200m IM (SCM) (WR); Gold, 200m BK
(SCM) (WR)
2010 Pan Pacific Champs
2010: Gold, 800m FR-R; Gold, 400m FR-R; Gold,
200m FR; Gold, 400m IM; Gold, 200m BK; Gold,
200m IM
2009 FINA World Champs
2009: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Gold, 400m IM;
Bronze, 200m BK; Gold, 200m IM (WR); Gold,
400m FR-R
2008 Olympic Games
2008: Gold, 800m FR-R (WR); Bronze, 200m IM;
Gold, 200m BK (WR); Bronze, 400m IM
2008 SC Worlds
2008: Silver, 200m BK (SCM) (AR); Silver, 400m
MED-R (SCM) (AR); Gold, 400m FR-R (SCM)
(WR); Gold, 200m IM (SCM) (WR); Gold, 100m IM
(SCM) (WR); Gold, 400m IM (SCM)
2007 World Championships
2007: Silver, 100m BK; Silver, 200m IM; Gold,
200m BK (WR); Gold, 800m FR-R (WR)
2006 SC World Champs
2006: Bronze, 400m FR-R (SCM); Bronze, 800m
FR-R (SCM); Silver, 400m MED-R (SCM)
2004 Olympic Games
2004: Gold, 800m FR-R (AR); Silver, 200m IM
TOP TIMES
Event Best Year
100m FR 48.16 Jul 09
200m FR 1:44.44 Jul 11
200m BK 1:52.96 Jul 11
200m IM 1:54.00 Jul 11
400m IM 4:06.08 Jun 08