Klete Keller, a two-time Olympic gold-medal-winning swimmer, was identified by former teammates and coaches as a participant in a mob of people that stormed the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection last Wednesday, according to The New York Times' Karen Crouse and Victor Mather.
News of Keller's participation in the violent riot, which killed five people including a Capitol Police officer, was first reported Monday by SwimSwam.
Keller, who won a gold medal in 2004 and '08, appeared in a video which showed the 6' 6'' swimmer standing over a crowd in the Capitol Rotunda while wearing a U.