Four-time Olympic gold medal winner Ryan Murphy is an American competition swimmer. He is a backstroke specialist and once held the men’s 100-meter backstroke world record. Murphy swept the backstroke competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, taking gold in the 100- and 200-meter events. He also won a gold medal in the 4100-meter medley relay alongside Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, and Cody Miller, and Murphy’s backstroke relay leg broke the pre...