Ryan Crouser

Ryan Crouser, born on 18 December 1992 in Portland, Oregon and raised in the rural area of Boring, is an American track and field athlete who throws the shot put and the discus. He is the only three-time Olympic gold medalist in the shot put, winning at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Tokyo in 2020, where he set an Olympic record of 23.30 metres, and Paris in 2024, and he is also a three-time outdoor world champion. He holds the shot put world record both outdoors, at 23.56 metres since May 2023, and indoors, at 22.82 metres since January 2021. He comes from a family of throwers, set a national high school indoor shot put record, won four NCAA titles at the University of Texas at Austin and was named Track and Field News World Male Athlete of the Year.