RYAN Shane

Ireland

Swimming

Date of Birth: 27 Jan 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: DREXEL HILL, PA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : DUBLIN

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly
	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay IRL Ireland

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	100Back
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (22.88)	H (49.82)	SF (54.40)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	50Back	100Back	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (25.10)	H (54.24)	H (3:17.38)	H (3:35.86)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (22.79)	H (25.48)	SF (53.94)	-	H (3:36.61)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	-	H (3:16.88)	7th (3:34.88)	H (3:49.08)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	3rd (24.64)	SF (54.79)	H (3:17.55)	H (DSQ)	-

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Free	50Back	50Fly	4x50Medley M	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (46.93)	3rd (22.76)	H (DNS)	H (1:35.05)	H (3:27.23)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Sugar Shane (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Hobbies:

Golf, playing video games. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Hospitality Management, Tourism - Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

National Aquatic Centre [NAC] [Dublin, IRL]

Coach:

Steven Beckerleg; Ben Higson [national]

Other sports:

He was awarded varsity letters in high school for excellence in golf, American football and volleyball. (swimswam.com, 03 May 2015)

Start:

He began swimming at age two at a pool in Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Reason:

His mother introduced him to the sport. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Winning bronze in the 50m backstroke at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Award:

He was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2014 Big Ten Championships. (onwardstate.com, 04 Mar 2014)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING IRELAND
Having previously represented the United States of America, in 2015 he announced that he would move to Dublin with a view to representing Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His father Thomas is from Portarlington, Ireland. He moved to Dublin in May 2015 to complete the one-year residency requirements to be eligible to compete for Ireland. His decision to represent Ireland was swayed by the passionate support athletes receive from the public in Ireland. "The Olympic Games is such a big honour, going for either the US or Ireland, but I'd rather pick Ireland because there it's such a passionate country. The sport over here is much different than it is in the US but I think it's more dedicated." (swimswam.com, 03 May 2015; utv.ie, 10 Dec 2015)

Milestones

His bronze medal in the 50m backstroke at the 2018 World Short Course Championships was the first medal for an Irish swimmer at any edition of the championships. (fina.org, 16 Dec 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 27 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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