Tyler Clary

Tyler Clary, whose full name is Scott Tyler Clary, is an American former competition swimmer, born on 12 March 1989, who won Olympic gold at his first Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won the 200 metre backstroke in Olympic record time. Across his career he collected sixteen medals at major international competitions, three gold, eight silver and five bronze. They came at the Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships and the Pan American Games, which shows a career that stayed at the top level across several different championships rather than resting on a single peak. The Olympic title came in his debut Games, in the 200 metre backstroke.