TYR Sport

TYR Sport, Inc. is an American designer, developer and manufacturer of competitive swim and triathlon apparel and related specialized athletics gear. It shares ownership with Swimwear Anywhere.^[1]

TYR Sport, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Apparel, accessories
Founded	1985 (1985)
Founder	Steve Furniss and Joseph DiLorenzo
Headquarters	Seal Beach, California , USA
Area served	World-wide
Key people	Joseph DiLorenzo (CEO), Steven Locke (COO)
Products	Swimwear, Footwear, Triathlon Apparel, Sportswear, Accessories
Website	tyr.com

Company history

TYR was founded in Huntington Beach, CA by Joseph DiLorenzo, and Steve Furniss in 1985.^[2]

The name TYR is a reference to the Norse god Týr.^[3]

Sponsorship

TYR sponsors many professional athletes; it dubs them Team TYR,^[4] as well as the national swimming teams in the US^[5] and in Singapore.^[6] In 2018, TYR bought title rights to USA Swimming's domestic circuit, the Pro Swim Series.^[2][7] In seasons 8 to 11 of Baywatch, TYR logo appeared on each female lifeguard's bathing suits.

Sponsored athletes

Name	Country	Discipline
Matt Grevers	United States	Backstroke, Freestyle
Molly Hannis	United States	Breaststroke
Katie Ledecky[8]	United States	Freestyle
Ryan Lochte[9]	United States	IM, Backstroke, Freestyle
Simone Manuel[10]	United States	Freestyle
Rikke Møller Pedersen[11]	Denmark	Breaststroke
Ross Murdoch[12]	Great Britain	Breaststroke
Lia Neal[13]	United States	Freestyle
Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	Freestyle, Butterfly
Tom Shields[14]	United States	Butterfly
Ian Finnerty[15]	United States	Breaststroke
Leah Smith[16]	United States	Freestyle, IM
Twichell, Ashley[17][3]	United States	Open Water
Kelsi Worrell[18]	United States	Butterfly, Freestyle
Lilly King	United States	Breaststroke

See also

• List of swimwear brands
• Aquapel, a technical racing swimsuit designed by TYR
• Aquashift, another technical racing swimsuit designed by TYR

Notes

1. Swimwear company's task: Find talent pool
2. Fischer, Ben (23 Aug 2018). "Recent moves have swimwear company TYR swimming with big fish". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. "Ashley Twichell, 2X World Champ, Re-signs with TYR Sport". Swimming World News. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
4. "Team TYR Athletes | TYR". www.tyr.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
5. "TYR Sport Extends Partnership with U.S. Masters Swimming". SwimSwam. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
6. Keng Gene, Ng (2016-05-28). "Swimming: SSA seal record $1.6 million, five-year deal with apparel company TYR". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
7. "TYR Sport Announces Position as New Title Sponsor for the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series". PRWeb. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
8. "TYR Sport Signs 5x Olympic Gold Medalist and 14x World Champion Katie Ledecky - TYR Sport". www.tyr.com. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
9. "TYR Sport Signs 12-Time Olympic Medalist Ryan Lochte". SwimSwam. 2017-07-28. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
10. "Simone Manuel Announces Deal with TYR Sport - Swimming World News". Swimming World News. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
11. "TYR Sport Signs Olympic Bronze Medalist Rikke Moller Pedersen". SwimSwam. 2017-07-20. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
12. "TYR Sport Signs Olympian & 2x World Championship Medalist Ross Murdoch". SwimSwam. 2017-10-26. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
13. "TYR Sport Announces Signing of 2x Olympic Medalist Lia Neal". SwimSwam. 2017-08-24. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
14. "TYR Sport Signs Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Shields". SwimSwam. 2017-08-03. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
15. "TYR Sport Signs American Record Holder Ian Finnerty".
16. "TYR Sport Signs Two-Time Olympic Medalist Leah Smith". SwimSwam. 2017-07-11. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
17. "TYR Sport Signs Ashley Twichell, American Pool and Open Water Swimmer". SwimSwam. 2014-02-13. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
18. "TYR Sport Signs American Record Holder Kelsi Worrell". SwimSwam. 2016-05-16. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

External links

• Official website