Conor Dwyer

Conor Dwyer
Dwyer 2017
Personal information
Surname:	Conor Dwyer
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	January 10, 1989
Place of birth:	Evanston
Size:	196 cm
Weight:	88 kg
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 1 × Swimming world championships 5 × 3 × 2 ×

Conor Dwyer (born January 10, 1989 in Evanston , Illinois ) is an American swimmer . He took part in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, in both of which he was Olympic champion with the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay.

Career

In 2011 Dwyer first took part in the World Swimming Championships , where he won a gold medal with the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay by participating in the prelim. At the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, Dwyer competed with Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens and Michael Phelps in the final of the 4 x 200 m freestyle and became Olympic champion.

Dwyer, Haas, Lochte and Phelps after their Olympic victory in 2016

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Dwyer repeated his Olympic victory, this time with Lochte, Phelps and Townley Haas . He also won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle .

In October 2019, Dwyer retired as a professional swimmer after being convicted of a doping offense by the United States Anti-Doping Agency and banned for 20 months with retroactive effect from December 2018.

Web links

Commons : Conor Dwyer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Conor Dwyer on swimswam.com
• Conor Dwyer on teamusa.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rick Maese: Two-time Olympic gold medalist Conor Dwyer slapped with 20-month suspension. Retrieved on August 14, 2020 . 
2. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Swimming: Olympic Champion Dwyer receives doping ban and ends his career - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .