Ryan Hoffer

Swimming career 2015 2015 World Junior Championships

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore in August 2015, Hoffer won his first medal, a silver medal, in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, splitting a time of 49.97 seconds for the lead-off leg of the relay in the final and helping the relay attain a time of 3:18.42. In the 4×100 meter medley relay, Hoffer won his second medal swimming the butterfly leg of the relay on the prelims relay, and winning a silver medal when the finals relay finished second in a time of 3:37.51.

2015 Winter Junior National Championships Hoffer won the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, and 100 freestyle at the 2015 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships. Hoffer also contributed to wins in the 4×50 medley relay, 4×200 freestyle relay, and 4×50 freestyle relay for Scottsdale Aquatic Club.

Collegiate seasons 2017–2021 As a freshman at Cal, Hoffer earned individual All-American honors in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly events. In his sophomore and junior seasons, Hoffer added an All-American title in the 100 freestyle in addition to the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and relay accolades he had received as a freshman. Hoffer won the 50 freestyle at the 2019 NCAA Championships ahead of Cal teammate Pawel Sendyk en route to an NCAA team championship. At the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Hoffer won the 50 freestyle, this time ahead of teammate Bjorn Seeliger, the 100 freestyle, and the 100 butterfly, as well as the 200 freestlye relay and the 400 freestyle relay.

2021 In the 2021 International Swimming League draft, Hoffer was picked by the DC Trident as the number two rookie pick for the entire league. In the fifth match of the regular season, Hoffer won the 50 meter freestyle in 21.25 seconds, finishing eight-hundredths of a second ahead of Shane Ryan of the Toronto Titans. In the eleventh match of the season, and the only play-in match of the year, Hoffer won the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 21.13 seconds, which was less than a tenth of a second faster than second-place finisher Thom de Boer of Team Iron.

Career best times Short course meters (25 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date 50 m freestyle 21.03 2021 International Swimming League Naples, Italy September 30, 2021 100 m freestyle 47.93 2021 International Swimming League Eindhoven, Netherlands November 11, 2021 50 m backstroke 24.46 2021 International Swimming League Naples, Italy September 24, 2021 50 m butterfly 22.93 2021 International Swimming League Naples, Italy September 10, 2021

Honors and awards In 2020, Hoffer was a semifinalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award. Hoffer received the Pac-12 Conference male "Swimmer of the Year" award in 2020 and 2021.