Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy and his wife, former Cal Bal rower Bridget Konttinen, have announced that they are expecting a second baby this summer.
The couple shared the news in a joint Instagram post, writing, “Eevi got the best birthday present…Another Murphy girl coming this summer.”
Murphy and Konttinen began their relationship in 2016, got engaged in 2022, and married in September 2023. Konttinen gave birth to their first child, Eevi Lillian Murphy, on January 24, 2025.
Murphy most recently at the Paris Olympics, where he won a gold medal on the mixed medley relay, silver on the men’s medley relay, and bronze in the 100 back (52.39). That was his second-straight bronze medal in the 100 back. He also swam the 200 back, placing 10th in 1:56.62. Konttinen famously stood in the stands with a handwritten sign that read, “Ryan it’s a girl!” after Murphy won his individual bronze.
The 30-year-old is best known for sweeping both backstroke events at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He is the former World Record holder in the 100 LCM backstroke and swam the backstroke leg of the current World Record in the men’s 4×100 medley relay.
In addition to his 9 Olympic medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), Murphy also has 17 World Championship medals in long course and 14 more in short course. Murphy remains the American Record holder in the long course 100 back (51.85) and the short course 50 back (22.53).
Post-Paris, Murphy joined the Growth Equity team at Norwest Venture Partners, a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm with over $15.5 billion in capital. Murphy called this a “break from competition,” but added that he still has “unfinished goals in the sport and will keep the door open for what’s next.”
Murphy graduated from Cal with a degree in business in 2017.
Konttinen won the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championship in 2013 before rowing at the University of California, Berkeley. She graduated from Cal in the spring of 2017 and has held various positions in creative production, most recently with Nike and HubSpot.
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