Ryan Lochte - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Height, Married, Nationality, Body Measurement, Career

Ryan Lochte is a famous American competitive Swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. Ryan Lochte is also the second most decorated swimmer in Olympic history measured by the total number of medals. Likewise, Ryan Lochte currently holds the world records in the 200-meter individual medley (long and short course).

Early Life

Ryan Lochte was born in the year 1984 and celebrates his birthday on the 3rd of August every year. Likewise, Lochte was born in Rochester, New York, USA. As of now, Ryan is 37 years old. Moreover, Ryan Lochte belongs to American nationality and was born under the star sign Leo.

Lochte was born to  Ileana “Ike” (née Aramburu) and Steven R. Lochte. Ryan’s mother is Cuban and was born and raised in Havana, while his father is of Dutch, English, and German descent. Likewise, Talking about Ryan’s siblings He has two older sisters. Their names are Kristin and Megan, and two younger brothers, Devon and Brandon. During Ryan’s early childhood, his family lived in Bristol, New York. The swimmer only began taking swimming seriously when he was in junior high school.

Education

Talking about Ryan’s education, Ryan Lochte first attended Bloomfield Central Schools. Likewise, after Ryan’s elementary school graduation, he has gone to attend a local high school. Moreover, Ryan Lochte then went on to attend the University of Florida. The competitive swimmer graduated in the year 2007 majoring in sport management. Ryan has also done competitive swimming during his university days.

Moreover, during Ryan’s senior year, Lochte won national titles in all three of his individual events, setting U.S. Open and American records in the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard backstroke. Ryan also broke Tom Dolan’s nearly decade-old NCAA record in the 400-yard individual medley.

Career and Professional Life

Ryan Lochte first attracted international attention at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. During the event, he earned a gold medal as a member of the victorious 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay team and claimed silver in the 200-meter individual medley (IM), behind fellow American Phelps. In the 2006 Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) short-course (25-meter) world championships, Lochte set world marks in the 100-meter backstroke, the 200-meter backstroke, and the 200-meter IM.

Likewise, Ryan Lochte subsequently set his first long-course (50-meter) world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the FINA world championships in 2007. During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Lochte won a gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke. Ryan set a new global standard of 1 minute 53.94 seconds. During the 2009 FINA world championships, he broke Phelps’s world record in the 200-meter IM and also won the 400-meter IM. Likewise, Ryan Lochte garnered six gold medals to Phelps’s five at the 2010 Pan Pacific championships.

Caption: Ryan during a swimming competition(source: Instagram)

The Swimmer entered the 2012 London Olympics as one of the favorites, and he began with a dominating win in the 400-meter IM. However, Ryan Lochte seemed to struggle in other events, winning silver in the 200-meter IM, behind Phelps, and bronze in the 200-meter backstroke. Furthermore, in other events such as In team events, Lochte won gold in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay and silver in the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay.

The competitive swimmer’s first event in Rio was the 4×200 meter freestyle relay, where he swam both the morning heats and the finals. This won further brought Lochte’s Olympic medal count up to 12 total, making him the second most decorated male Olympic swimmer of all time, second only to Phelps.

Net worth

Ryan Lochte has earned a lot of medals and awards throughout his competitive swimming career. Similarly, the professional swimmer has won a handful of gold medals. Talking about Ryan Lochte’s net worth, he has earned a decent sum of wealth throughout his career. Ryan Lochte enjoys a net worth of $6 million at the moment.

Relationship status

Ryan Lochte is a married man. Ryan Lochte is married to his wife Kayla Lochte. Similarly, Ryan has two children with his wife.

Caption: Ryan posing with his wife and children(Source: Instagram)

Scandals

Ryan Lochte went through a 14-month suspension. Furthermore, On July 23, 2018, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) imposed a 14-month suspension from competition on Lochte. This came after Ryan received a prohibited intravenous infusion.

Body measurements and Social media

Ryan Lochte is a handsome man. The competitive swimmer stands tall at 6 feet 1 inch and weighs 88 kg. Likewise, Ryan Lochte has brown hair and a pair of blue eyes.

Caption: Ryan posing with his wife(source: Instagram)

Ryan Lochte is active on Instgaram and Twitter. As of now, Ryan has over 847k followers on his Instagram and over 937k followers on Twitter.

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