Wayne Ryding

Wayne Ryding
Personal information
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	Wigan, United Kingdom
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
World Championships and Games for the Disabled

Wayne Ryding is an English Paralympic swimmer, who was born in Wigan and initially competed for Australia. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100 m Freestyle 5 event, in which he set a new world record, and a silver medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle 5 event.^[1]^[2] At the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle 5 event.^[1] He then married an Englishwoman and moved to England.^[3] He represented England at the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games,^[4] and represented Great Britain at both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympics; he won a bronze medal at the 2000 games in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 event.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
^ "Men's 100 m Freestyle 5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
^ Price, Jenna (19 October 2000). "No pity, no fear – let the games begin". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
^ "1994 Swimming Finalists". Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Archived from the original on 13 October 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

[IPC-1] "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

[2] "Men's 100 m Freestyle 5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

[3] Price, Jenna (19 October 2000). "No pity, no fear – let the games begin". The Canberra Times. p. 1.

[4] "1994 Swimming Finalists". Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Archived from the original on 13 October 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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