Three-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Steps Away from Swimming

Three-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Steps Away from Competitive Swimming

Shane Ryan, an American-born three-time Olympian for Ireland, introduced through social media that he’s stepping away from aggressive swimming.

Ryan made the publish on social media.

He wrote partially:

“After years of representing Ireland and USA on the world stage and dedicating my life to the game I like, I’ve made the choice to step away from aggressive swimming.

“This sport has given me more than I could have ever imagined — the honor of wearing the green, the thrill of competing at 3 Olympic Games, and the lifelong friendships forged through countless hours in the pool and on the road. I’m incredibly proud of what I’ve accomplished, not just in medals or records, but in the journey itself.”

Ryan mentioned he’ll stay lively in swimming and within the sporting motion, which is one thing he has carried out typically in his profession.

Ryan went to highschool in Pennsylvania and swam at Penn State. After swimming at U.S. Olympic Trials in 2012 and twice making the U.S. National Junior Team, he switched to Ireland, the nation of his father’s start. He swam on the Rio Olympics, making the semifinals of the lads’s 100 backstroke.

His largest skilled accomplishment is a pair of bronze medals within the males’s 50 backstroke, on the World Short-Course Championships in 2018 and 2024. He additionally received bronze in that occasion at European Championships in 2018 (long-course) and 2019 (brief course) and swam professionally within the ISL with the Toronto Titans.

He completed nineteenth within the 50 again and twenty eighth within the 50 fly on the 2025 World Championships.

Ryan set three Penn State information and received three Big Ten titles. He was the World University Games champion within the 50 again in 2017.

Ryan injured his shoulder ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, requiring reconstruction surgical procedure. He certified for however didn’t swim backstroke, however he set a nationwide file within the 100 fly in addition to anchoring the certified 800 free relay. He made the A reduce however didn’t swim the 50 free on the Paris Olympics, as a substitute anchoring the Irish males’s medley relay with the third-fastest cut up of the occasion. Ireland, through Mona McSharry and Daniel Wiffen, received its first Olympic swimming medals since 1996 in Paris.

Ryan holds long-course Irish information within the 100 free, 50 again, 100 again and 100 fly, in addition to short-course marks within the 50 free, 100 free, 50 again, 100 again, 50 fly and 100 fly.