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{{short description|American swimmer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Carly Piper
| image          = Carly Piper.jpg
| image_size     = 220
| alt            =
| caption        = Piper speaking to U.S. troops in 2010
| birth_name     = Carly Piper
| full_name      = Carly Ryan
| nicknames      =
| national_team  = {{USA}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1983|9|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 6 ft 2 in
| weight         = 179 lb
| spouse         = Shane Ryan (2014–present)
| strokes        = [[freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = SwimMAC Carolina
| collegeteam    = [[Wisconsin Badgers|University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 x 200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships|2006 Shanghai]] | 4x200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Sto Domingo]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
}}

'''Carly Piper''' (born September 23, 1983), also known by her married name '''Carly Ryan''', is an American former professional competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist.  As part of the American team, she helped set a new world record in the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay (long course).

==Personal==

Piper was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in 1983, the daughter of Kenneth and Carol Ann Piper.  Her father worked for [[General Dynamics]], a [[defense contractor]], and her mother was an [[aerobics instructor]].  Piper has one older sister, Cortney, who is also a swimmer and swam for the [[University of Tennessee]].  Piper is a 2001 graduate of [[Grosse Pointe North High School]] in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.  Piper attended the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] and graduated in 2006, majoring in [[zoology]].  At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she had a highly successful career on the women's swimming team and served as the team's captain.  She twice won [[Big Ten Conference]] swimmer of the year honors and was an 18-time [[All-American]].  While still in school, and after she had exhausted her athletic eligibility, she served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers swimming teams.

Carly married swim coach Shane Ryan on May 16, 2014. In 2015 they started their coach owned team called the Madison Aquatic Club, located in Madison, WI. Shane and Carly have a son, Clint Murray, and daughter named Piper Autumn Ryan who was born in 2016.

==Swimming career==

At the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Piper qualified for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] by finishing 5th in the 200-meter freestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2004/longbeach_2_2004/F73_ResByHeat_111_Final_Women_200_Free.pdf |title=2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's 200 m freestyle (final) |publisher=Omega Timing |accessdate=2011-05-20 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She also placed 6th in the 400-meter freestyle.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2004/longbeach_2_2004/F73_ResByHeat_110_Final_Women_400_Free.pdf
 |title=2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's 400 m freestyle (final)
 |publisher=Omega Timing
 |accessdate=2011-05-20
}}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Piper won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with [[Natalie Coughlin]], [[Kaitlin Sandeno]], and [[Dana Vollmer]] that set the world record in the event.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=US Women Break the Oldest World Record in the Book, the 800 Freestyle Relay |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7883.asp |magazine=Swimming World Magazine |date=2004-08-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910180306/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7883.asp |archivedate=September 10, 2012 |accessdate=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> On December 20, 2004 it was declared "Carly Piper Day" in Piper's hometown of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan for her accomplishments in Athens.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dream Big: Wisconsin's Golden Girl |url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/010705aaa.html |publisher=[[Big Ten Conference]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612020831/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/010705aaa.html |archive-date=June 12, 2012 |access-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[Pan American Games records in swimming]]
* [[World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{World Aquatics|1037975|Carly Piper}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|name=Carly Piper|org_archive=20190811024908}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Carly Piper}}
* {{USA Swimming|new_id=carly-ryan|name=Carly Ryan|archive=20210602215507}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=carly-piper|name=Carly Piper|old_id=PI/Carly-Piper|archive=20220204181454}}
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515192135/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_21128.htm |title=Carly Piper at usolympicteam.com |date=mdy}}
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505082634/http://www.uwbadgers.com/graphics/pdf/piper_8669.pdf |title=Carly Piper biography at University of Wisconsin–Madison |date=mdy}}
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617025613/http://www.woodalltraining.com/downloads/articles/Carly_Piper_Article.pdf |title=''My Journey to the Olympics…and Back'' by Carly Piper |date=mdy}}

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