Thiago Pereira
It was reported during the Beijing Olympics that at some point Ryan spent time training with Thiago Pereira of Brazil. According to this article http://www.swimmersworld.com/News/view/4530 Thiago trained with the Florida swim team starting in 2006. I don't know how long he was there.
Thiago is 22 yrs old, and likely was a great training partner for Ryan. He competed for Brazil in the 200IM in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He placed 5th in 2004 (Ryan took silver) and 4th in 2008 (Ryan took bronze). Thiago also placed 8th in the 400IM in 2008 and swam 200 breast, but didn't make it to the finals.
What I noticed about Thiago in watching his 200IM and 400IM races in Beijing is that like most IM swimmers of his calibur, he doesn't really have a truly "weak" stroke. Nevertheless, freestyle seems to be his weakest stroke, which I would think is kind of unusual. I'm assuming Thiago helped Ryan improve his breaststroke while Ryan helped Thiago with free.
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