Ryan Lochte

Ryan Lochte's 12 Olympic medals across the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Games place him second in US Olympic swimming history behind only Michael Phelps. He won gold in the 400m individual medley at Beijing 2008, a race in which he beat Phelps, and dominated the IM events for much of the 2000s-2010s. At peak he held 5 individual world records simultaneously and was named World Swimmer of the Year in 2011.