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Ryan Lochte

1984 - Today

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Ryan Steven Lochte ( LOK-tee; born August 3, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. He is the third-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history measured by total number of medals, behind only Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky. Lochte's seven individual Olympic medals rank second in history in men's swimming (again to Michael Phelps), tied for second among all Olympic swimmers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryan Lochte has received more than 6,774,798 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Ryan Lochte is the 254th most popular swimmer (down from 105th in 2019), the 15,076th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,746th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 6.8M

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  • 44.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ryan Lochte ranks 254 out of 709Before him are Uwe Dassler, Alexander Dale Oen, Alain Bernard, Susan Pedersen, Jeff Farrell, and Joe Verdeur. After him are Martina Moravcová, Bengt Baron, Donna de Varona, Aaron Peirsol, Tom Jager, and Park Tae-hwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Ryan Lochte ranks 429Before him are Fernando San Emeterio, Meghan McCain, Pio Marmaï, Daryl Impey, Dharius, and Polina Semionova. After him are Janne Happonen, Quinton Aaron, Aílton, Filip Hološko, Andrew Bogut, and Seven.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ryan Lochte ranks 15,076 out of 20,380Before him are Ardo Hansson (1958), Winston E. Scott (1950), Rob Minkoff (1962), Barbara Acklin (1943), Matt Skiba (1976), and Victoria Pedretti (1995). After him are Benito Martinez (1971), Jess Harnell (1963), Kelsey Chow (1991), Kenny Smith (1965), Kevin Willis (1962), and Sara Shepard (1977).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Ryan Lochte ranks 95Before him are Milorad Čavić (1984), Tim Shaw (1957), Ginny Duenkel (1947), Susan Pedersen (1953), Jeff Farrell (1937), and Joe Verdeur (1926). After him are Donna de Varona (1947), Aaron Peirsol (1983), Tom Jager (1964), Dara Torres (1967), Martín López-Zubero (1969), and Rebecca Soni (1987).