Swimmer Ryan Murphy’s wife Bridget surprises him with sex reveal

Team American swimmer Ryan Murphy was in for quite a surprise after racing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

As he encouraged Murphy, 29, his wife, Bridget Kontinen, held up a sign stating the gender of their first baby. Konttinen beamed as she held the sign above her head that read, “Ryan, it’s a girl!”

Murphy took home his seventh Olympic medal on Monday. He took third place in the 100 meter backstroke, leaving the Greek behind him Apostolos Christou by 0.2 seconds.

Murphy holds the world record for the event, which he set at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. He took bronze at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Ahead of the Paris Olympics, Murphy noted that his wife has helped him keep things in perspective.

“When you have to analyze swimming things at such a detailed level and really be a perfectionist, it’s easy to apply that perfectionism to yourself and start analyzing your own personality traits and things like that. Having her gives me great balance in my life,” he told Olympics.com earlier this month. “She’s someone who could say, ‘Hey, Ryan, you’re going a little too hard on this, you can be a little gentler on yourself today.’ She is great to me and helps me keep things under control.”

Konttinen has often taken to social media to talk about her husband. After Murphy made the Olympic team in June, she celebrated his success.

“THIRD Olympic Games closed🇺🇸,” she wrote via Instagram in June. “This man blows me away. Constantly reaching this stage for twelve years – it’s hard to imagine what that takes mentally and physically. He makes it look effortless when it really is hours of invisible work, an unwavering mentality under pressure and a strategic intellect that honestly scares me sometimes.”

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She continued, “I am so grateful to be by your side throughout this entire process. So I’m in awe of you @ryan_f_murphy. NEXT STOP PARIS❤️🤍💙.”

Murphy and Konttinen exchanged vows in September 2023. While reflecting on his year in December 2023, Murphy gave a sweet shout out to his wife.

“2023 was an incredible year. I am proud of the achievements achieved in the pool, with the support of @calmenswim’s coaches and teammates,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “The highlight of my year was getting married to @bk_murphy_. I love you now and forever.”

He continued: “I can’t wait for 2024. I have big goals for myself, both in and out of the pool. I will open @goldfish_saintjohns with my parents in mid-2024. I won’t tell you my swimming goals yet 🤓.”