Ryan Lochte

The ace swimmer disclosed his relationship with model and “Playboy Playmate” Kayla Rae Reid during the 2016 ‘Summer Olympics.’ The two got engaged in October 2016 and tied the knot in January 2018. Their son, Caiden Zane, was born on June 8, 2017.

He was born on August 3, 1984, in Rochester, New York, to Steven R Lochte and Ileana "Ike" (née Aramburu). His four siblings include elder sisters Megan and Kristin and younger brothers Brandon and Devon.

He spent his early childhood in Bristol, New York, and studied at the ‘Bloomfield Central School.’ He started taking swimming lessons from his parents, both swim coaches, when he was 5 years old. When he was 12, his family relocated to Gainseville, Florida, so that his father could take up a coaching job in swimming.

Although he was casual about swimming in the early years and was more interested in basketball and skateboarding instead, he became serious about swimming while in junior high school. At 14, he lost in the ‘Junior Olympics,’ and this made him change his perspective and train hard.

He graduated with a major in sport management from the ‘University of Florida’ in 2007. From 2004 to 2007, he participated in the ‘National Collegiate Athletic Association’ (NCAA) and the ‘Southeastern Conference’ (SEC) competitions and was trained by Olympic swimming coach Gregg Troy, as part of the ‘Florida Gators’ swimming and diving team.

His swimming feats during his college days include becoming the ‘SEC’ champion seven times, the ‘NCAA’ champion seven times, and the ‘NCAA Swimmer of the Year’ twice. He was also a 24-time ‘All-American’ athlete.

In his senior year in college, he set records in the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley in the 2006 ‘NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships,’ winning national titles in all three of his individual events. In the 400-yard individual medley, he broke the earlier ‘NCAA’ record of Tom Dolan.

He qualified to represent the US in the ‘Olympics’ during the 2004 ‘US Olympic Team Trials.’ The 2004 ‘Summer Olympic Games’ held in Athens, Greece, saw him winning the gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, along with Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller, and a silver in the 200-meter individual medley. That year, he also won the gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, the silver in the 200-meter individual medley, and the bronze in the 200-meter freestyle event at the 2004 ‘FINA Short Course World Championships.’

He won the gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, with Phelps, Keller and Vanderkaay, and bronze medals in the 200-meter individual medley and the 200-meter backstroke event at the 2005 ‘World Aquatics Championships. ‘

He clinched three individual gold medals during the 2006 ‘FINA Short Course World Championships,’ setting new records in the 200-meter backstroke and the 200-meter individual medley events and a new championship record in the 400-meter individual medley event. During the opening leg of the 4×100-meter medley relay, he set a new world record in the 100-meter backstroke, by covering the distance within 50 seconds.

His made his first world record in a long course event during the 2007 ‘World Aquatics Championships’ on March 30, when he broke Aaron Peirsol’s world record and beat him to win his first individual gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke event in a long course world championship. The championship also saw Lochte setting a world record and winning the gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, with Phelps, Keller, and Vanderkaay, apart from winning three individual silver medals.

In the 2008 ‘Summer Olympics’ held in Beijing, China, he individually won a gold, setting the world record time of 1:53.94 in the 200-meter backstroke event. He also won two bronze medals in the same event. He also won the gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Phelps, Ricky Berens, and Vanderkaay, setting a new world record time of 6:58.56.