Rhyan
White
Rhyan White is a backstroke swimmer from Herriman, Utah, who in 2021 became the first Utah-born swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic team, by KSL's account. At the Tokyo Olympics she was fourth in both the 100m and 200m backstroke and swam in the heats of the 4x100m medley relay that won silver. She won the 200m backstroke at the 2021 Short Course World Championships and bronze at the 2022 World Championships, and she now trains and races professionally with Wolfpack Elite in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Who is Rhyan White?
Rhyan White from Herriman, Utah competes in swimming (backstroke) for Wolfpack Elite. Tokyo 2020 Olympian (fourth in 100m and 200m back; medley relay silver); 2021 short course world champion, 200m back; 2022 world bronze
Herriman and the Fish Market
USA Swimming, Team USA and Alabama print White's hometown as Herriman, Utah. Alabama's biography says she attended the Academy for Math, Engineering & Science and swam for coach Ron Lockwood at the Wasatch Front Fish Market Swim Team, and the Salt Lake Tribune covered her final state meet for Cottonwood High in February 2018, where she won the 100-yard backstroke and butterfly. KSL reported in 2021 that she was the first Utah-born swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic team.
Tokyo 2020
She won the 200m backstroke at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials and was second in the 100m. In Tokyo she finished fourth in both backstroke events, in 58.43 and 2:06.39, World Aquatics results show, and swam the backstroke leg of the medley relay heats, sharing in Team USA's silver medal. Read the full profile story.
World medals and Alabama
At the 2021 Short Course World Championships in Abu Dhabi she won the 200m backstroke in 2:01.58, and at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest she took 200m backstroke bronze in 2:06.96. At Alabama she won SEC titles in four straight seasons in the 100-yard backstroke, the first woman in SEC history to win the same event four years running by the school's account, and was the 2021 SEC Swimmer of the Year.
Racing professionally
White trains with Wolfpack Elite, the professional group at NC State in Raleigh, and World Aquatics lists the club on her results through the 2026 U.S. Nationals, where she won bronze in the 50m backstroke. She won the 200m backstroke at a TYR Pro Swim Series meet in May 2026. She is one of the Utah natives followed on the homegrown Utah athletes hub.
At a glance
Key achievements
- First Utah-born swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic team (Tokyo 2020), per KSL
- Olympic silver medalist, women's 4x100m medley relay (swam the heats), Tokyo 2020
- Fourth in the 100m and 200m backstroke at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
- 200m backstroke world champion, 2021 Short Course World Championships (2:01.58)
- 200m backstroke bronze, 2022 World Championships, Budapest (2:06.96)
- Won the 200m backstroke at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials (2:05.73)
- 2021 SEC Swimmer of the Year at Alabama; SEC 100-yard backstroke champion four straight seasons, per Alabama
Official sources
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- World Aquatics: Rhyan White athlete profile and resultsworldaquatics.com
- USA Swimming: White, Shackley post top-ten times to close TYR Pro Swim Series Sacramento (April 6, 2025)usaswimming.org
- SwimSwam: Olympic silver medalist Rhyan White is joining NC State pro group (May 6, 2023)swimswam.com
- Team USA: Rhyan White profileteamusa.com
- Alabama Athletics: Rhyan White roster biorolltide.com
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- KSL: How Herriman's Rhyan White became the first U.S. Olympic swimmer from Utah (July 9, 2021)ksl.com
- Salt Lake Tribune: Cottonwood star swimmer Rhyan White ends prep career in gold-medal fashion (Feb. 11, 2018)sltrib.com
- NBC Sports: USA Swimming National Championships results 2026 (Aug. 2, 2026)nbcsports.com
What each source confirms
- World Aquatics: Rhyan White athlete profile and results
- Read 2026-11-01 (results via the World Aquatics athlete API): club 'Wolfpack Elite' on her 2026 U.S. results through July 31, 2026; Tokyo 2020 100m back fourth (58.43) and 200m back fourth (2:06.39), medley relay heats; 2021 Short Course Worlds 200m back gold (2:01.58); 2022 Worlds 200m back bronze (2:06.96); 2026 Nationals 50m back bronze (27.93). This is the affiliation source.
- USA Swimming: White, Shackley post top-ten times to close TYR Pro Swim Series Sacramento (April 6, 2025)
- 'Rhyan White (Herriman, Utah/Wolfpack Elite)'.
- SwimSwam: Olympic silver medalist Rhyan White is joining NC State pro group (May 6, 2023)
- Headed to join the Wolfpack Elite group in Raleigh.
- Team USA: Rhyan White profile
- Read 2026-11-01: hometown Herriman, UT; Tokyo 2020 fourth in the 100m and 200m backstroke; silver, 4x100m medley relay.
- Alabama Athletics: Rhyan White roster bio
- Read 2026-11-01: hometown Herriman, Utah; Academy for Math, Engineering & Science; swam for Ron Lockwood at Wasatch Front Fish Market Swim Team; backstroke leg in the Tokyo medley relay prelims; 2022 Worlds 200m back bronze; SEC 100 back champion four straight seasons, the first woman in SEC history to win the same event four consecutive seasons; 2021 SEC Swimmer of the Year. Source of the headshot (2021-22 roster headshot, original https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/rolltide.com/images/2021/9/2/WhiteRh_Mugs_2021_22.jpg; Alabama's 2022 headshot of her carries '© 2022 Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics'; agency grep 0).
- KSL: How Herriman's Rhyan White became the first U.S. Olympic swimmer from Utah (July 9, 2021)
- 'White is the first Utah-born swimmer to make a U.S. Olympic Team'; 'the first swimmer from Utah to win an event at the trials'.
- Salt Lake Tribune: Cottonwood star swimmer Rhyan White ends prep career in gold-medal fashion (Feb. 11, 2018)
- State championships Feb. 10, 2018: 100-yard backstroke 53.55, 100-yard butterfly 55.04, for Cottonwood High.
- NBC Sports: USA Swimming National Championships results 2026 (Aug. 2, 2026)
- White third in the 50m backstroke.
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