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Ryan Fitzgerald Murphy OLY (born July 2, 1995) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in backstroke. He is a four-time Olympic gold medalist and the former world-record holder in the men's 100-meter backstroke.
Passionate about water safety and worked with both the USA Swimming Foundation and Goldfish Swim School to spread awareness about water safety. Wears festive socks on race days. Favorite professional sports teams are the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs and Jacksonville Jaguars.
As one of the most dominant swimmers in the world, the 23-year-old swept the backstroke events at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, won six medals (three gold and three silver) at the 2018 Swimming World Championships in Hangzhou, China, and was named the 2018 Male Athlete of the Year by USA Swimming at its annual Golden Goggle Awards.
2 days ago · PUBLISHED JULY 12, 2024. Ryan Murphy longs to reclaim the top spot on the medal podium at the Paris Olympics. America’s backstroke star was relegated to silver and bronze in his individual races at Tokyo — a performance that still irks him just a bit. who will be competing in the men’s 100 and 200-meter back for the third Olympics in row.
Jun 19, 2024 · Former Bolles School swimmer Ryan Murphy made history again with victory in Monday night's U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming.
Jun 18, 2024 · Swimming veteran Ryan Murphy will be a three-time Olympian after winning the men’s 100-meter backstroke final at the U.S. Olympic trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Fastest off the...
With four individual Olympic medals to date, Ryan Murphy is one of the most consistent backstroke swimmers of his generation. The American swept the men's 100m and 200m backstroke Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016, before teaming up with Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, and Cody Miller to win the 4x100m medley title.
2 days ago · Ryan Murphy longs to reclaim the top spot on the medal podium at the Paris Olympics. America’s backstroke star was relegated to silver and bronze in his individual races at Tokyo — a ...
Dec 18, 2022 · American Ryan Murphy became the first man or woman to sweep all three backstrokes at one world swimming championships, completing his triple at short course worlds in Melbourne on Sunday. Murphy, who swept the two Olympic backstrokes in 2016, won the 200m back on the final day of the six-day short course worlds on Sunday.
Dec 16, 2022 · Ryan Murphy swam two 50m backstroke finals at the world short course championships on Friday. He won the one that counted. Murphy, who swept the backstrokes at the 2016 Olympics, won the 50m back at short course worlds in Melbourne after it was re-run nearly an hour after the original race was thrown out due to a technical error.
