Ryan's Official Facebook Page and Medal List

Ryan now has an official fan page on facebook, which is really nice. Hopefully it will be a good source of news about his upcoming meets and other events. The link is here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ryan-Lochte-Official-Fan-Page/116972568324275#!/pages/Ryan-Lochte-Official-Fan-Page/116972568324275?v=info

I couldn't help but notice some mistakes in his accomplishments. For instance, the facebook page lists 2 Golds, 1 Silver and 1WR for the 2009 FINA World Championships. He actually won 4 Golds and 1 Bronze and had 2 WRs. The information about the 2006 Short Course World Championships is also inaccurrate.

It reminded me that there are mistakes on Ryan's profile page on Swimnetwork.com. Swimnetwork says Ryan won 17 world championship medals including 10 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze. That's way short of what he's actually accomplished.

I hate to see Ryan shortchanged because there are not many swimmers who have accomplished more than him.

Here is what I believe is an accurate list of all of Ryan's medals at the major meets:

2009 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - ROME: 4 Gold, 1 Bronze, 2 WR
200m IM - Gold (WR)
400m IM - Gold
200m Back - Bronze
4 x 100m Free Relay - Gold
4 x 200m Free Relay - Gold (WR)

2008 OLYMPICS - BEIJING: 2 Gold, 2 Bronze, 2 WR
200m IM - Bronze
400m IM - Bronze
200m Back - Gold (WR)
4 x 200m Free Relay - Gold (WR)

2008 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (SHORT COURSE) - MANCHESTER: 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 WR
200m Back - Silver
100m IM - Gold (WR)
200m IM - Gold (WR)
400m IM - Gold
4 x 100m Free Relay - Gold (WR)
4 x 100m Medley Relay (Silver)

2007 FINAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - MELBORNE: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 WR
100m Back - Silver
200m Back - Gold (WR)
200m IM - Silver
400m IM - Silver
4 x 200m Free Relay - Gold (WR)

2006 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (SHORT COURSE) - SHANGHAI: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 2 WR
200m Back - Gold (WR)
200m IM - Gold (WR)
400m IM - Gold
4 x 100m Free Relay - Bronze
4 x 200m Free Relay - Bronze
4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver

2005 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - MONTREAL: 1 Gold, 2 Bronze
200m Back - Bronze
200m IM - Bronze
4 x 200m Free Relay - Gold

2004 OLYMPICS - ATHENS: 1 Gold, 1 Silver
200m IM - Silver
4 x 200m Free Relay - Gold

2004 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (SHORT COURSE) - INDIANAPOLIS: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
200m Free - Bronze
4 x 200m Free Relay - Gold
200m IM - Silver

• Ryan has won 6 Olympic medals, including 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze.
• Ryan has won 28 World Championship medals, including 15 Gold, 7 Silver and 6 Bronze.
• Ryan has set 11 World Records in international competitions.