Paris Olympic 100 Back Bronze Medalist Ryan Murphy And His Wife Are Expecting A Baby Girl

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

Just minutes after American swimmer Ryan Murphy took bronze at the the 2024 Paris Olympics, he was surprised with a sign from his family which revealed that he and his wife, Bridget Konttinen, would be expecting a daughter. The news was also confirmed by commentator Rowdy Gaines on the NBC broadcast that aired his race.

This baby will be the first child of Murphy and Konttinen, who got married in September of 2023 at Lake Tahoe. The couple has been together since 2016, and were engaged in May 2022.

Murphy had just won his seventh Olympic medal, claiming bronze in the 100 back with a time of 52.39. He was just 0.07 seconds away from silver, and 0.39 seconds away from gold. This medal was his third individual Olympic medal in the 100 back, as he won gold in 2016 and took bronze in 2021.

Meanwhile, China’s Xu Jiayu took silver, while Italian swimmer and world record holder Thomas Ceccon won gold.

Later on this meet, Murphy will swim the 200 back, where he is the reigning Olympic silver medalist. He will also be expected to swim backstroke for Team USA in the 4×100 men’s medley relay, and could potentially be used on the mixed medley relay in either prelims or finals as America’s fastest male backstroker.

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Andrew
3 months ago

Murphy should be a great father. Plenty of experience with his fathers Evgeny and Kliment

Alex Dragovich
3 months ago

He has some experience here, having fathered Hunter Armstrong.

taylor swift
3 months ago

aww congrats ryan & bridget!!! <3

mcswammerstein
3 months ago

Cant wait for the mixed medley relays in years to come with phelps, dressels, murphys, and finks kids!

Salt Water
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3 months ago

^^^^Bookmark this comment and set a reminder to check in ~18 years from now…

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Although Yanyan wasn't the greatest competitive swimmer, she learned more about the sport of swimming by being her high school swim team's manager for four years. She eventually ventured into the realm of writing and joined SwimSwam in January 2022, where she hopes to contribute to and learn more about …

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