Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in the backstroke and is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the former world record holder in the 100 metre backstroke. Born in 1995, he graduated from the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida and swam for the University of California, Berkeley, where he won eight individual NCAA titles. At the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro he won all three of his events, the 100 and 200 metre backstrokes and the medley relay, and his relay leg broke a world record set by Aaron Peirsol. At Tokyo in 2020 he won a medley relay gold and a world record, a silver in the 200 metre backstroke and a bronze in the 100 metre backstroke.