How many medals did lochte win

In , he earned gold medals swimming on the men's 4x freestyle and 4x medley relays, which kicked off what has been a dominant career. In the latter, he has two golds, two silvers and a bronze. In short course world championships, he has six gold and three silver medals. And in the long course championships, he has tallied 13 gold medals and two silvers.

Add them all up with his five Olympic gold medals, and Dressel is sitting at a total of 27 gold, nine silver and four bronze medals. Along the way, Dressel has been taking down records. He is the current world record holder in the long course butterfly — set in his gold-medal winning race this year — and swam as part of the world record-holding 4x mixed freestyle relay that the U.

On short courses, he holds the world 50 freestyle, butterfly and individual medley, and he has been a part of the record-holding 4x50 men's freestyle relay, 4x men's freestyle relay and the 4x50 mixed freestyle relay. I'm not a perfect eater now. I still go to McDonald's or Taco Bell two or three times a month to help me relax. Many now consider Lochte the favorite to take home gold medals in multiple events at the upcoming London Olympics , and "the Lochtenator" is inclined to agree, telling ESPN Magazine how beating Phelps, the most successful swimmer in recent history, readied him for the upcoming summer games:.

Once I was able to beat Michael, it gave me a motivation, an edge. I told myself, "I can do this. With the potential to challenge the reign of Phelps, Lochte's success didn't come "out of the blue. Ryan Lochte enjoyed an extremely successful career at the University of Florida before turning into an international swimming superstar. As a senior at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, two years after his first Olympic games, he won individual titles in all three of his individual events, setting US Open and American records in the yard individual medley and the yard backstroke.

He also broke a nearly decade-old NCAA record in the yard individual medley. While he completed his first Olympics and a few World Championships while still swimming in Gainesville, his tenure with the Gators is when Lochte started attracting international attention.

At the FINA World Swimming Championships, Lochte took first place in all the individual medley events and added a second-place finish in the meter backstroke event. He brought his gold medal total to four as he and his 4xmeter freestyle relay team set a new world record in the event. Lochte diversified his medal count when he and his relay team won a silver medal in the 4xmeter medley relay, losing to the Russian relay team by only 0.

The promising year-old won a bronze medal in the freestyle, finishing behind only another budding swimming superstar named Michael Phelps and Canadian swimmer Rick Say. In his trademark event, the meter individual medley, Lochte won a silver medal, finishing behind Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira. Lochte's biggest highlight was winning his first international gold medal by serving as a quarter of the United States' 4xmeter freestyle relay team. During the World Championships, Lochte only won two medals.

What he lacked for in quantity, he made up for in style, swimming a triple in the span of three hours. However, an early start by Kevin Cordes, the breaststroke swimmer, caused disqualification and handed the gold to France. He returned to the pool at the turn of the year, swimming at the Orlando Grand Prix in February Despite that victory, Lochte reinjured his knee and was forced to focus his training on the upper body.

Nationals in Irvine were rough, but he beat Phelps again, this time in the I. At Pan Pacific Championships later that month, Lochte continued to struggle, medaling second in the I.

He was not recognized at the Golden Goggles. However, he returned from a successful Short Course World Championships in Qatar, with bronze medals in the meter freestyle and 4 x free relay, silver in the I. Lochte is currently entered in the I. After Phelps was banned from competing at the World Championships in Kazan, Lochte became a solid favorite in a few events, including his specialty the IM.

In one of two individual events, Lochte competed in a stacked field of the m IM. His tactic, though dangerous and could have led to a disqualification, paid off. Lochte took first as the only swimmer under , and took his fourth consecutive world title in the event.

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.