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Ryan Held (born June 27, 1995) is an American freestyle swimmer who specializes in the sprint events, and is currently sponsored by
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. He holds the U.S. Open record in the
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100 meter freestyle and three
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relay events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, swimming in both the prelims and the final 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
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, the
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, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay.


Background

He attended Christ the King grade school in Springfield, Illinois, and attended high school at Sacred-Heart Griffin, where he graduated in 2014 and was coached by Dr. James Stegeman. During his senior year in 2014, Held was named Illinois State Swimmer of the Year.


Career


2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 US trials he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay team. In the Olympic heats, he swam a split time of 47.79 on the second leg, impressing the coaching staff enough to give him the nod to swim in the final. Although Held's time was not as fast as
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’s, head coach Bob Bowman made the decision due to youth since "Younger legs, coming back so quickly". In the final he split 47.73 on the third leg to preserve Team USA's lead, winning the gold medal together with
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. Held and the other finals relay members won the
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"Adrian, 4x100 free win Relay Performance of the Year at Golden Goggles"
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2018 World Championships

At the 2018 World Short Course Championships in
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, China, Held won four gold medals and one silver medal. In the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, Held anchored the finals relay consisting of him,
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, and Michael Chadwick to a gold medal win in a
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time of 3:03.03.
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For the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay, Held split a 20.60 for the second leg of the relay and helped the finals relay set a new
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and win the gold medal in the event with a finals relay time of 1:27.89.
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In the final of the 4×50 meter freestyle relay, Held swam the fastest split of his relay teammates, Caeleb Dressel,
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, and Michael Chadwick, with a time of 20.25 seconds, which helped the relay win the gold medal and set a new world record in the event at 1:21.80.
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Gold eluded Held in the 4×50 meter medley relay where he swam the freestyle leg of the relay, earned a silver medal, and helped set an American record of 1:30.90 in the final with Ryan Murphy (backstroke), Michael Andrew (breaststroke), and Caeleb Dressel (butterfly).
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Concluding his competition at the Championships, Held swam the freestyle leg of the 4×100 meter medley relay, splitting a time of 45.23 seconds to help the finals relay win the gold medal and set a new Americas record and Championships record of 3:19.98 in the event.
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"14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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2019

At the 2019 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships in
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, Held ranked first in the 100 meter freestyle prelims heats with a time of 47.43 seconds on July 31, which broke the U.S. Open record and Championships record of 47.58 seconds set by
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over 11 years earlier on July 2, 2008.
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"2019 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 100m Freestyle Preliminary Results Summary"
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Later the same day in the final, Held won the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 47.39 seconds, breaking his own U.S. Open and Championships records he set earlier in the day.
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2021 World Championships

Held entered to compete in the
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50 meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle for his individual events at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in December in Abu Dhabi,
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."2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Roster"
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As part of the United States team for the Championships, Held was number two on "The Week That Was" honor for the week of November 1, 2021 from ''
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Gaining racing experience in short course meters as preparation for the World Championships, Held competed at the 2021 Ron Johnson Masters Championship in
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in November, where he swam a 21.28 and broke the Masters world record in the 50 meter freestyle for the 25–29 age group set at 21.37 by
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"Ryan Held Breaks Cesar Cielo's World Record In The 50 Free (Masters)"
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On day one of competition, Held split a 46.17 for the anchor leg of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, qualifying it to the final ranked second with prelims relay teammates Shaine Casas, Hunter Tapp, and Tom Shields.
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In the final, Zach Apple, substituted in for Tom Shields and the relay finished in a time of 3:05.42 to win the bronze medal.
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The second day, Held achieved a fourth-place finish in the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay with his finals relay teammates in 1:29.04, splitting a 20.86 for the lead-off leg of the relay.
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In the morning of day three, Held finished second in prelims heat ten of the 50 meter freestyle behind
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with a time of 21.01, which qualified Held for the semifinals ranking third overall.
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Held ranked first in the semifinals later in the day with a 20.81, less than one-tenth of a second ahead of second-ranked Joshua Liendo of
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On day four, Held led-off the 4×50 meter freestyle relay with a personal best time of 20.72 seconds and helped the relay achieve a time of 1:23.81, which placed them fourth.
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Later in the same session Held won the silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 20.70 seconds, which was the first individual medal of his career at a World Championships.
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In his final event of the evening, Held helped set an American record of 6:47.00 and win the gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with finals relay teammates
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, Trenton Julian, and Carson Foster.
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In the morning of day five, Held ranked fifth in the prelims heats of the 100 meter freestyle with a 46.72, qualifying for the semifinals along with fellow American Zach Apple.
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Held anchored the 4×50 meter medley relay in the evening final, splitting a 20.52 to contribute to the gold-medal-winning time of 1:30.51, which tied the Russia relay team, set a new American record, and tied the Championships record and Americas record.
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For the semifinals of the 100 meter freestyle Held swam a 46.36, ranked fourth, and qualified for the final.
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In the final the following day, which was the final day of competition, Held won the silver medal with a personal best time of 45.63 seconds.
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On the freestyle leg of the 4×100 meter medley relay in the final, Held split a 45.43 to help achieve a time of 3:20.50 and a silver-medal-win.
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2022

On April 2, at the 2022 Pro Swim Series at Northside Swim Center in
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, Held tied Drew Kibler for third in rank in the prelims heats of the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 49.46 seconds and qualified for the final later in the day.Hamann, Michael (April 2, 2022)
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He swam a 49.20 in the final to place third, finishing seven-hundredths of a second behind first-place finisher
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2022 International Team Trials

Day one of the 2022 US International Team Trials in late April in
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, Held qualified for the final of the 100 meter freestyle ranking second from the prelims heats with a time of 48.20 seconds.
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He placed third in the final with a time of 48.18 seconds, qualifying for the
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team in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay.
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Day two, he qualified for the b-final of the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:48.93 and overall rank of 15th in the prelims heats.
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In the b-final, he lowered his time to a 1:47.99 to place third, 11th overall.
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In the 50 meter freestyle prelims heats on the morning of the fifth and final day, he ranked fourth with a 21.92 and qualified for the final.
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He swam a personal best time of 21.85 seconds in the final to take fourth-place.
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2022 World Aquatics Championships

On the first day of swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Held split a 47.13 for the second leg of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay in the prelims heats, the fastest out of him and his prelims relay teammates, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking first and securing his spot on the finals relay with his split time.
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In the final later the same day, he split the fastest out of him and his finals relay teammates with a 46.99 on the second leg of the relay, helping achieve a gold medal victory in a final time of 3:09.34.
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On day seven, he split a 47.85 in the preliminaries of the 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking first.
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In the final, he split a 47.93 for the lead-off leg, helping win the bronze medal in a time of 3:21.09.
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For the 4×100 metre medley relay, Held split a 47.36 for the freestyle leg of the relay in the final to help win the silver medal in 3:27.79.
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Personal bests

r = relay lead-off


Continental and national records


Long course meters (50 m pool)


Short course meters (25 m pool)


Masters world records


Short course meters (25 m pool)


Awards and honors

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"Swimming World's Masters Swimmers of the Year: The Top-12 For 2021"
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* Swimming World, The Week That Was: November 1, 2021 (#2) * '' SwimSwam'' Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#62),Gibbs, Robert (January 28, 2021)
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"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #100-76"
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* Golden Goggle Award, Relay Performance of the Year: 2016 ( 4×100 meter freestyle relay)


Personal life

In October 2021, Held publicly announced his engagement to Lexie Lupton, who he trained with during part of his time competing collegiately for the NC State Wolfpack.Carlson, Reid (October 11, 2021)
"Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Held Gets Engaged To NC State Swim Alum Lexie Lupton"
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"Olympic Champion Swimmer Ryan Held Proposes To Girlfriend Lexie Lupton"
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Held then married Lupton in December 2022.


See also

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World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ...
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World record progression 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
* List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men)


References


External links

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