John Ryan (swimmer)
Australian swimmer
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| Full name | John Sydney Ryan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1944-02-23) 23 February 1944 (age 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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John Sydney Ryan (born 23 February 1944) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The West Australian combined with Bob Windle, David Dickson and Peter Doak to win Bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, behind the United States and German teams, the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics. He also made the semifinals of the 100-metre freestyle. Ryan later took gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relayfreestyle relay at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and finished fourth in the 110-yard freestyle event.
He was educated at Wesley College in South Perth.
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. p. 383. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.
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Commonwealth champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
- 1962–1966: 4×110 yards
- 1970–present: 4×100 metres
- 1962:
Dickson, Rose, Doak, Phelps (AUS) - 1966: Dickson, Ryan, Wenden, Windle (AUS)
- 1970: White, Rogers, Wenden, Devenish (AUS)
- 1974:
Phillips, Robertson, MacDonald, MacKenzie (CAN) - 1978: Sawchuk, MacDonald, Smith, Szmidt (CAN)
- 1982: Brewer, Fasala, Delany, Brooks (AUS)
- 1986: Fasala, Stockwell, Renshaw, Brooks (AUS)
- 1990: Baildon, Fydler, Vander-Wal, Cooper (AUS)
- 1994: Baildon, Fydler, Lange, Sheehan (AUS)
- 1998: Callus, Fydler, Thorpe, Klim (AUS)
- 2002: Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe (AUS)
- 2006:
Zandberg, Ferns, Schoeman, Neethling (RSA) - 2010: Richardson, Sullivan, D'Orsogna, Magnussen (AUS)
- 2014: D'Orsogna, Abood, Magnussen, McEvoy (AUS)
- 2018: McEvoy, Magnussen, Cartwright, Chalmers (AUS)
- 2022: Southam, Incerti, Yang, Chalmers (AUS)
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