Ryan Cochrane

Ryan Cochrane is a retired Canadian freestyle swimmer who specialised in distance events. Born on 29 October 1988 in Victoria, British Columbia, he trained with the Island Swimming Club under coach Randy Bennett and swam for the University of Victoria. He won the 1500 metre freestyle bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the first Olympic medal for a Canadian swimmer since 1996, and silver in the same event at London in 2012, then swam at the 2016 Rio Games as co-captain of the Canadian team. He won four Commonwealth Games gold medals, taking the 400 and 1500 metre freestyle in both 2010 and 2014, won both events again at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and collected a long run of medals at the World Aquatics Championships in the 800 and 1500 metre events. He retired from competitive swimming in March 2017 and moved into real estate.