Photo: Olympic Swimmer Ryan Murphy Learns He's Having Daughter After Bronze Medal Win

Monday was a special day for American swimmer Ryan Murphy.

He won the bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke final at the Olympics in Paris, giving him the seventh medal of his career.

But the best part of his day came after he got out of the pool.

While talking a victory lap around the pool, his wife Bridget Konttinen greeted him with a sign that read "Ryan, it's a girl!"

The gender reveal was a complete surprise to Murphy, per The Athletic's Lauren Merola.

"So I'm having a baby girl in January, that was her gender reveal to me," Murphy said. "That was the first time I heard (the gender). Obviously, I knew she was pregnant.

"We both thought it was going to be a boy. Everything is going to be dedicated to that little girl."

Murphy, 29, finished Monday's race in 52.39 seconds, coming just shy of gold medal winner Thomas Ceccon of Italy, who finished in 52.00 seconds, and China's Jiayu Xu, who finished in 52.32 seconds.

Murphy still holds the Olympic record in the 100m backstroke with a time of 51.85 seconds, which he achieved in 2016. Ceccon holds the world record of 51.60 seconds.

With his performance on Monday, Murphy became the first man to medal in the 100-meter backstroke in three-straight Olympics since 1972, continuing his storied swimming career, but that feat likely won't compare to the news he received after the competition.