G Rene Ryan (born October 1, 1995) is an American swimmer from Kutztown,

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. They won a US National Championship in the 800m freestyle, as well as two golds in the Pan American Games. Ryan moved to

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for their last 3 years of high school, where they are taking cyber courses from

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so they could train at

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. Ryan made the switch to the club that has produced 10 Olympians, including

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, to remain with coach Erik Posegay. They learned that Posegay was moving to NBAC shortly after their return from

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, where they won silver and bronze medals at the

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in 2011. Within two weeks, they were living in Baltimore and training at the club. Ryan was part of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, finishing fourth at the 400m and seventh at the 800m. On September 9, 2013, Ryan made a commitment to swim for Mike Bottom and the Michigan Wolverines at

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in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the start of the 2014 season. Since then, they have been involved in Trans awareness, education, and activism during their time at the University of Michigan, pushing for gender inclusive restrooms and LGBTQ and Queer inclusion in USA Swimming policies.

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1995 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Baltimore People from Kutztown, Pennsylvania Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Michigan Wolverines women's swimmers Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming American LGBT sportspeople LGBT people from Pennsylvania Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub