Cody Miller Waves Goodbye: A New Chapter After Professional Swimming!

2x Olympic Medalist Cody Miller has proclaimed his retirement from professional swimming.

The 32-year-old breaststroke expert shared a video on his YouTube channel explaining the transformation in his relationship with the sport.

“I’ll participate in Masters meets, swim a few days weekly,” he communicated to his 192,000 followers. He added that he aims to remain active within the swimming community and USA Swimming, with some thrilling announcements upcoming.

The vlog documents his final meet at the IU Natatorium Jingle Jamboree, where he achieved a personal best and set a new meet record in his last competition, the 100 backstroke (49.69).

Miller’s Indiana and Olympic teammate, Blake Pieroni, also competed at the event, earning victories and personal bests in the 100 breaststroke (53.10) and 100 butterfly (46.46).

Miller commenced his international competition journey in 2014, securing an unexpected bronze medal in the 100 breaststroke during the 2016 Olympic Games and breaking both national and Americas records (58.87) at that time. He also swam the breaststroke segment in the men’s 4×100 medley relay final, aiding Team USA in clinching gold.

Between 2014 and 2017, the Montana-born athlete garnered five World Championship relay medals, including two golds.

He maintained his professional swimming career into the 2020s, representing the DC Trident in the International Swim League but did not qualify for the finals of the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Trials.

Miller documented his professional swimming experiences via vlogs and expressed his intent to keep vlogging. He ranks as one of the most followed professional swimmers on YouTube.