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William Ryan OAM (born 23 December 1988) is an Australian sailor and an Olympic champion in the Men's 470 class with Mathew Belcher.

Will Ryan OAM

Personal information
Full name	William Ryan
Nationality	Australia
Born	23 December 1988 (1988-12-23) (age 33) Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 470 2016 Rio de Janeiro 470 World Championships 2013 La Rochelle 470 2014 Santander 470 2015 Haifa 470 2017 Thessaloniki 470 2019 Enoshima 470 2016 San Isidro 470 Star Sailors League Crew rank Highest: 2 1 March 2022: 7

Ryan represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] He and teammate Mathew Belcher won the silver medal in the 470 class.[2] Ryan and Belcher returned for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where they won the gold medal in the 470 class.[3]

Ryan is a 5 time 470 world champion together with Mathew Belcher.

Ryan's sister is Jaime Ryan who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with him. She sailed in the Women’s 49er FX event.[4]

Earlier years

Will Ryan experienced sailing when only two days old when he watched the 1988 Sydney to Hobart race in his grandfather's boat with his family. In his early years he was inspired by his grandfather and sailed in an old Sabot (dinghy) on Lake Macquarie in NSW.

At the age of 11, Ryan competed in his first race with the Toronto Amateur Sailing Club. He then competed in the Laser Radial class at the 2006 Youth World Sailing Championships.[5]

Together with teammate Byron White, Ryan came second at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind fellow Australians Steven Thomas and Jasper Warren, but in front of Britons Max Richardson and Alex Groves who took the bronze.

Career highlights

World Championships

2008 – Sorrento, 2nd, 29er (with Byron White) [6][7]

Olympic Games

2016 – Rio de Janeiro, 2nd, 470 (with Mathew Belcher)

2020 – Tokyo, 1st, 470 (with Mathew Belcher)

Recognition

• 2013 – Australian Sailing Awards – Male Sailor of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)
• 2013 – Australian Institute of Sport Awards – Team of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)
• 2014 – Australian Sailing Awards – Male Sailor of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)
• 2015 – Australian Sailing Awards – Male Sailor of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)
• 2019 – Australian Sailing Awards – Male Sailor of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)
• 2019 – Australian Institute of Sport Awards – Team of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)[8]
• 2021 – Australian Sailing Awards – Male Sailor of the Year (with Mathew Belcher)[9]
• 2022 – Australia Day Honours – Medal of the Order of Australia[10]

References

External links

• William Ryan at World Sailing
• William Ryan at World Sailing
• William Ryan at Olympics.com
• William Ryan at Olympedia
• William Ryan at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Mat Belcher & Will Ryan on Facebook

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Will Ryan est un skipper australien né le 23 décembre 1988. Il a remporté avec Mathew Belcher la médaille d'argent du 470 masculin aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro ainsi que la médaille d'or du 470 masculin aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020 à Tokyo.

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