Ryan Cochrane (swimmer)

Ryan Cochrane

Cochrane in Kazan, Russia 2015
Personal information
Full name	Ryan Andrew Cochrane
National team	Canada
Born	(1988-10-29) October 29, 1988 (age 36) Victoria, British Columbia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Island Swimming
Medal record Men's Swimming Representing  Canada Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships (LC) 0 4 4 World Championships (SC) 0 0 1 Pan Pacific Championships 3 2 1 Commonwealth Games 4 0 0 Pan American Games 2 0 1 Total 9 7 8 Olympic Games 2012 London 1500 m freestyle 2008 Beijing 1500 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle 2011 Shanghai 800 m freestyle 2011 Shanghai 1500 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 800 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 400 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 1500 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 1500 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 1500 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 800 m freestyle 2014 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 400 m freestyle 2014 Gold Coast 1500 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 800 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 400 m freestyle 2010 Delhi 1500 m freestyle 2014 Glasgow 400 m freestyle 2014 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 400 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 1500 m freestyle 2015 Toronto 4×200 m freestyle

Ryan Andrew Cochrane (born October 29, 1988) is a retired Canadian competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle distance events. Cochrane is an Olympic silver and bronze medallist as well as a triple gold medallist from the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He is also a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 400-metre and 1,500-metre having won both medals in 2010 and 2014. He holds six world championship medals from the 800-metre and 1500-metre, this also makes Cochrane Canada's all-time leading medallist for a swimmer at the World Aquatics Championships. Cochrane also won gold medals in the 400 and 1,500 m freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, as well as a bronze in the 4 x 200 m freestyle at the 2015 Games. From the year 2008 - 2015, Cochrane was named the Canadian male swimmer of the year - winning the award 8 times in a row.^[1]