Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is a big fan of the dating app Tinder and has revealed that he is matching up with “gorgeous women” through it.
In a recent interview with Cosmopolitan, the five-time gold medalist talked about how things are going for him on the app and why he had to get off of some other dating apps he tried in the past.
“Well, one, with Bumble, the girl always has to make the first [move], and I don't really like that,” Lochte admitted. “I don't think that's a woman job. So I got off that. And then Raya [an app for celebrities and creatives], I don't know. I'm living in Charlotte so that didn't really work because most of the women you link up with are either in L.A. or New York. So I just recently got on Tinder.”
As for how he learned about Tinder and when he started using it he said, “I heard it took off in Sochi [at the 2014 Winter Olympics] and then people were talking about it and I was like, ‘Let me try this.’ So I got on it and I've been matching up with a bunch of gorgeous women who are smart, they have professional jobs and everything. I'm like, 'Wow, this is perfect.' So I've been on Tinder lately. So far I haven't had any dates or anything. I've just been talking with a couple [women].”
So while Lochte is hard at work training for the Rio Olympics you might be able to catch him on the dating app in his free time. And, winning another medal at this year’s Olympic Games is certainly a major goal so it’s no surprise that the thing he is looking for in a girlfriend is someone who also has goals.