Ryan Crouser
Shot Putter
US Olympic shot putter and discus thrower and finalist for the Track and Field World Athlete of the Year in 2020. He is a four-time USA national outdoor shot put champion and a two-time USA National Indoor Shot Put Champion.
He first began participating in track and field in the fifth grade.
He received a gold medal for his Shot put performance during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
He was born in Portland, Oregon. His father, Mitch Crouser, was an alternate on the 1984 Olympic discus team. His uncle Brian Crouser qualified for two Olympic teams in the javelin.
He won a gold medal during the 2016 summer Olympics just like Kevin Durant, Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles.