Sarah Ryan
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Sarah Michelle Ryan, Template:Post-nominals[1] (born 20 February 1977) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Summer Olympics to the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
Early life
Coming from Adelaide, South Australia, Ryan attended the Catholic Mount Carmel CollegeScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., before moving to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, in 1993 after being awarded a scholarship.[3]
Swimming career
Template:BLP unreferenced section She gained selection for Australia the following year at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia.
In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, she came sixth in the 100-metre freestyle, and was a member of the 4×100-metre medley relay along with Susie O'Neill, Samantha Riley and Nicole Stevenson, which claimed silver behind the United States team. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she was a part of the team which won the 4×100-metre freestyle relay only days after the death of her father.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2000, at the Sydney Olympics, Ryan failed to qualify for the finals of either the 50- or 100-metre freestyle.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was a member of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay which placed sixth and collected a silver for swimming in the heats of the 4×100-metre medley relay, being replaced by O'Neill in the final, again second to the Americans.
In 2001, possibly her most savoured moment came at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, when she anchored the 4×100-metre medley relay team with Dyana Calub, Leisel Jones and Petria Thomas to a long-awaited win over the American team.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was the first time that Australia had defeated the Americans at either Olympic or World level in the event. The year 2002 broke another drought, with Ryan being part of a 4×100-metre freestyle team alongside Jodie Henry, Alice Mills and Thomas, which defeated the Americans for the first time since 1956.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2003, Ryan took time away from swimming and commenced a job as a breakfast radio presenter, as well as an occasional swimming analyst on SBS' Toyota World Sports and Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". However, with Australia's young sprinting talent on the rise, she made a comeback to qualify for the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Ryan swam in the heats, but was replaced in the final by Thomas, who combined with Henry, Mills and Libby Lenton to claim gold in a world record time of 3min 35.94 seconds. Ryan retired after the games.
Post swimming
In 2006, to support multiple sclerosis research, Ryan teamed up with 2003 Australian Idol winner and award-winning recording artist Guy Sebastian in 7 Network's It Takes Two, in which famous accomplished Australians from their different fields, and not known to be singers, performed duets with professional vocalists to support their chosen charity.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Ryan and Sebastian were the last team to be eliminated, making them the runners-up in the competition.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
As of May 2009, Sarah Ryan started working for the YMCA of Sydney at Mount Annan Leisure Centre as a Learn-to-swim teacher and swim coach.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Ryan now works for Mater Dei, an organization that provides early intervention therapy services and education for babies, children and young people with an intellectual disability or developmental delay.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
External links
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