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
My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil kid.
Have fun, because that's what life is all about.
I look at him as some other person I need to beat.
After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.
The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?
With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.
I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.
I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.
You'd be amazed at what I can do. Did you know I can swim?
There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.
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.
You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.
I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.
Anything I do, I do with 110 percent. Right now, my biggest goal is the 2016 Olympics. My main focus is that. But after the sport of swimming-when it's all said and done-I want to get involved in fashion. I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.