Ryan Crouser is on the verge of Olympic shot put history as he approaches a possible third gold medal in Paris. Learn all about his history and life here.

Ryan Crouser is 6-foot-7 and weighs 320 pounds.

Ryan Crouser is 31 years old. He was born on December 18, 1992.

Ryan Crouser went to the University of Texas from 2012 to 2016 and won four NCAA shot put titles.

Ryan Crouser started competing in track and field as a fifth-grader and became a national figure in discus and shot put early on in high school.

Ryan Crouser's parents are Lisa and Mitch Crouser, and he comes from an athletically gifted family.

His father, Mitch, was a standout discus thrower who was an alternate on the 1984 U.S. Olympic discus team. And his uncles, Brian and Dean, were also high-level track and field athletes. Brian competed in two Olympic Games in the javelin, and Dean was a high-level shot put and discus athlete.

Ryan Crouser was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in the nearby town of Boring.

Ryan Crouser went to Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, Oregon.

1. Ryan Crouser got his master's in finance from Texas in 2016, cramming his studies in while qualifying for the Olympics, during which he won a gold medal
2. Ryan Crouser loves to build furniture and built himself a large hardwood dresser a few years ago, in addition to his own shot put throwing circle
3. Ryan Crouser estimates that he eats between 5,000 and 5,500 calories per day, around 3,000 more than the average male

Ryan Crouser's prodigious 5,000-plus calorie diet involves him eating roughly five times per day and never spending more than three hours without food.

Crouser eats two breakfast burritos every morning, containing a total of nine eggs, plus sausage, bacon, cheese, sour cream, salsa and a massive tortilla.

For lunch, he eats 12 ounces of rice and a pound of lean ground beef most often, and for dinner he and his girlfriend often order in a meal fit for a "family of four."