Ryan Murphy Will Swim First Meet Since 2024 Olympics at Sacramento Pro Swim Series

United States Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy might be making his return to competitors on the 2026 Pro Swim Series in Sacramento subsequent weekend.

The third cease of the sequence is only one week away, and host group DART Swimming introduced on Instagram that Murphy might be racing.

Murphy final raced on the Olympic Games in Paris, the place he completed third within the 100 again and tenth within the 200 again. He additionally received a silver medal because the backstroker on the U.S. 400 medley relay.

These weren’t his first Olympic medals. In 2016, he received the Olympic gold medal within the 100 backstroke ultimate, swimming 51.85 to set the American Record within the occasion. He additionally received the gold medal swimming the backstroke leg of the medley. In 2021, he completed 2nd within the 200 again and third within the 100 backstroke, and picked up a third Olympic gold within the medley relay.

Since racing on the Olympics in Paris, Murphy had a daughter, Eevi in January of 2025. In May of 2025, he introduced he could be taking the summer season off from racing to spend extra time along with his spouse and daughter and to give attention to “career interests beyond swimming.”

In January, he introduced that he and his spouse, Bridget, had been anticipating one other daughter due this summer season.

We don’t have official psych sheets for the meet but, however DART Swimming has confirmed autograph appearances from Luca Urlando, Santo Condorelli, Michael Andrew, Aiden Hayes, Joey Tepper, and Phoebe Bacon, that means these athletes will not less than be within the space.

The Sacramento meet additionally options semifinals and double prize cash within the 200s of stroke, although Murphy is traditionally stronger within the 100 backstroke.