By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy is back in the water and has his eyes set on LA.
Murphy, the American backstroke star who has represented the U.S. at the past three Olympic Games in Rio, Tokyo and Paris, took a break in 2025, opting not compete and instead focusing on a career in investing outside the pool.
He and his wife, Bridget Konttinen, also welcomed their first child, Eevi, in January 2025.
However, after a year and a half away, Murphy started up training last month and said the idea of competing at a home Olympics has been the main motivation.
“Yeah, that’s the plan,” Murphy said in an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area & California’s Matt Maiocco on Super Bowl Radio Row last week when asked about the prospect of competing at a fourth Olympics.
“I just started training last month, so I’m getting back in shape. Right now, I’m getting my butt handed to me, as I kind of shake off the rust, get the feel for the water, get some fitness back. But I’m excited.
“A home Olympics, I know I’d regret it if I tried to pass up that opportunity.”
Murphy also spoke about getting recruited to Cal, his relationship with Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, and his love for his hometown Jacksonville Jaguars during the seven-minute interview:
Murphy, 30, last competed at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where he won gold as the lead-off swimmer on the U.S. mixed 4×100 medley relay that broke the world record, while he also won silver in the men’s 4×100 medley relay and bronze individually in the men’s 100 back. In the 200 back, he missed the final, placing 10th.
Murphy had a perfect start to his Olympic career at the 2016 Games in Rio, sweeping the men’s backstroke events with double gold in the 100 and 200 back while also leading off the U.S. men’s 4×100 medley relay to gold, breaking the individual 100 back world record (51.85) in the process.
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Murphy added another gold in the men’s 4×100 medley relay while winning silver in the 200 back and bronze in the 100 back.
In addition to his five Olympic golds, Murphy also owns seven LC World Championship titles, including individual golds in the 200 back in 2022 and the 100 back in 2023.
Last summer, in Murphy’s absence, the American men struggled in the backstroke events, with no finalists in either the 100 or 200 back at the 2025 World Championships—their lone finals appearance came in the 50 back, where Quintin McCarty placed 5th.
Despite sitting back in 6th place after the backstroke leg, the American men salvaged a bronze medal in the 4×100 medley relay in Singapore, although it was their worst finish ever in the event at the Olympics or World Championships, not including disqualifications (having either won gold or silver in every other edition, along with multiple DQs).
Murphy won’t be competing at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships this summer, as the team has already been selected based on 2025 results, but we’ll presumably see him contest U.S. Nationals a few weeks earlier in Irvine, and potentially, at the selection meet for the Short Course World Championship team in the fall.
Murphy has nine short course world titles to his name, including winning five gold medals at the 2022 edition in Melbourne.
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