ROUSELL Ryan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
8	Men's Team Sabre	2017	Rome, ITA
9	Men's Team Sabre	2019	Cheongju, KOR
10	Epee Team	2019	Cheongju, KOR
10	Epee Team	2017	Rome, ITA
24	Sabre Individual - Category A	2017	Rome, ITA
26	Sabre Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
33	Epee Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
36	Foil Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
42	Epee Individual - Category A	2017	Rome, ITA

Athlete, Student

Computer Science - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CAN

English

He began fencing at age seven and trained with able-bodies teammates before trying wheelchair fencing in 2016. "Being a seven-year-old kid and having the chance to beat somebody with a sword sounded pretty awesome to me." (paralympic.ca, 09 Jul 2021; paralympic.ca, 14 Jul 2021; cbc.ca, 01 May 2018)

His coaches tried to convince him to try wheelchair fencing but he wanted to keep training and competing in able-bodied fencing at first. Canadian wheelchair fencer Ruth Sylvia Morel, who was also a scout for the national team, was invited to scout athletes in Saskatchewan, Canada, and invited him to a national camp and competition when she noticed his talent. ''That was actually the first time I tried it, in front of Sylvie. I just loved it and got addicted to it.'' (paralympic.ca, 09 Jul 2021; paralympic.ca, 14 Jul 2021; cbc.ca, 01 May 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.ca, 14 Jul 2021)