Ryan Held

For the American football coach, see Ryan Held (American football).

Ryan Held
Held at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National teamUnited States
Born (1995-06-27) June 27, 1995
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamNorth Carolina State (NCSU)
CoachBraden Holloway (NCSU)
Todd DeSorbo (NCSU)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
2024 Paris 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
2022 Budapest 4×100 m medley
2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m freestyle
2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley
2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m mixed freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi 4×200 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m medley
2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m medley
2021 Abu Dhabi 50 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m medley
2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m freestyle
World University Games
2017 Taipei 100 m freestyle
2017 Taipei 4×100 m freestyle
2017 Taipei 4×100 m medley

Ryan Held (born June 27, 1995) is an American retired freestyle swimmer who specializes in the sprint events, and is currently sponsored by Arena. He holds three world records in short course relay events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relays, swimming in both the prelims and the final of the event. He won a second gold medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 meter freestyle relays, though he did not swim in the finals of the event.

In 2021, he won silver medals in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle at the 2021 World Short Course Championships. At his first FINA World Aquatics Championships, the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay.

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