How many medals has lochte won

Their rivalry enthralled the sport at the Olympics and world championships until Phelps retired as the winningest Olympian after Rio. Lochte left Brazil with his reputation in tatters. After a raucous night on the town with younger teammates, he lied about being robbed at a gas station.

As punishment, he served a lengthy suspension from USA Swimming. Then he got suspended in for an intravenous infusion that exceeded the allowed limit. His son was born in , he married the following year and his daughter arrived in In between chasing his kids, he trained, determined to rid himself and others of the bad taste from Rio. Lochte leaves behind a complicated legacy.

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Only choosing to swim in two events and a few relays, he also made it to the championship final of the m freestyle, but he failed to make the podium. In the heat of intense training leading up to the Olympic Trials, Ryan Lochte was featured on the cover of the swimsuit issue of SwimSwam Magazine.

The feature piece dove deep into what made Lochte tick, how he had changed his routine leading into the year, and what goals he had for Omaha and ultimately, Rio. The cover shot was captured by Mike Lewis. On the opening night the defending olympic champion failed to qualify in the meter medley.

He revealed that he pulled his groin in the prelims and his strategy was to get out to a strong start and hold on. He managed to gain a three seconds head start at the halfway point, but was unable to hold on and settled for 3rd.

He managed to secure his spot on Team USA in the freestyle. He finished fourth to earn a spot on the meter freestyle relay. After a week of ups and downs, Lochte finally qualified for an individual event in his fourth Olympic Games. He did it along side his friend and rival Michael Phelps in the meter medley. For the past three Olympic Trials Lochte finished second behind Phelps.

And in what could be their final race on US soil, the same pattern followed. He finished 0. Lochte began his Olympic campaign as a member of the meter freestyle relay. Lochte pulled ahead of the rest of the field by three seconds to hand over the reins to Phelps to seal the race.

The highly anticipated clash between Phelps and Lochte in the meter medley was not to be in Rio. In the first half, it looked to be another epic battle.

At the halfway mark, Lochte turned first, but only 0. But as Lochte started down the breaststroke leg, his race unraveled. He tightened up dramatically but managed to keep third going into the freestyle.

He continued to decline on the freestyle leg, only managing 5th in Pereira also fell apart, finishing 7th while Phelps did what Phelps does best and stormed ahead to take the gold two seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Lochte found himself along with USA teammates Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger in trouble with Brazilian authorities after it came out they had fabricated the details of a gas station robbery.

Lochte originally reported that his taxi was pulled over by an unmarked police car and he and his compatriots were robbed at gun point. He was later offered a plea deal by the Rio prosecutors after being charged with falsely reporting the crime.

He was also handed a month suspension from USA Swimming. After issuing apologies on social media, Lochte began to put the troubles in Rio behind him, moved from Charlotte to LA, and appeared on Dancing with the Stars. He hit the headlines again when two men rushed the stage wearing anti-locte t-shirts when the swimmer was receiving judges comments. Despite that, Lochte kept dancing and exceeded expectations making it to week eight.

He was the seventh person to be voted off the show. Ryan Lochte dominated the World Aquatic Championships in Shanghai, possibly replacing fellow American Michael Phelps as the gold medal favorite in several events at the upcoming summer Olympic Games in London.

He again found success with his relay teams, winning a bronze in the 4xmeter freestyle event and a gold with the 4xmeter freestyle team. However, this year he found enormous success swimming in individual events.

Lochte won gold in the meter backstroke, the meter freestyle edging Phelps and the meter individual medley. However, he wasn't done adding to his gold collection. In the meter individual medley, he beat all of his competitors and established a new world record at flat.

It was his performance at the World Aquatic Championships that led to his being named Swimmer of the Year. Lochte won the meter freestyle, the meter backstroke and all three lengths in the individual medley series. He established new world records in both the meter and the meter and swam for the gold medal-winning 4xmeter medley team. The only non-gold performance by Lochte came with the 4xmeter freestyle team that won a silver medal. Ryan Lochte's only gold medal in an individual event came at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

The year-old beat his own world record in the meter backstroke with a Known for his backstroke and individual medley abilities, Lochte is poised to clean up at the Olympic Games, defend his title in the meter backstroke event and reclaim the world record now held by Peirsol, the swimmer he beat in With the Summer Olympic Games in London quickly approaching, Ryan Lochte himself and his many fans believe he has the ability to add to his sizable gold medal collection, that is, if he can beat Michael Phelps again.

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