Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochteis an American competitive swimmer and an 11-time Olympic medalist. His seven individual Olympic medals rank near the top in men's swimming. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 100-meter individual medley, 200-meter individual medley, and the 400-meter individual medley...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth3 August 1984
CityRochester, NY
CountryUnited States of America
One thing I won't do: I won't give up on love.
I hate to lose. I like winning.
My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend — big mistake. Now I’m single, so London should be really good. I’m excited.
I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.
I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'
I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.
Stay motivated, set goals, have fun
I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together.
It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.
All you do is pull the pin, and it releases a startling alarm that can get you out of a bad situation.
I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.
I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.
I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.
I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.