Every year before a big competition, I get hurt doing stuff I should not be doing. One year it was my little brother’s 12th birthday. We all played hide-and-seek late at night. I climbed up a 30-foot tree, thinking he’d never catch me. I tripped and fell on one of the branches and I hit my head. — Ryan Lochte

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Mini who’s who:

Ryan Lochte : American Athlete
Born:  August 3, 1984