COWLING Ryan

5 Feb 1976
45
Male
1.0

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WRU Wheelchair Rugby Mixed 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Yoyogi National Stadium
GBR
Great Britain
50
CAN
Canada
47
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
GBR
Great Britain
60
NZL
New Zealand
37
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
USA
United States
50
GBR
Great Britain
48
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
JPN
Japan
49
GBR
Great Britain
55
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
USA
United States
49
GBR
Great Britain
54
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
5Mixed2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
4Mixed2018Sydney, NSW, AUS
European Championships
1Mixed2019Vejle, DEN
1Mixed2017Koblenz, GER
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Scuba diving. (gbwr.org.uk, 05 Aug 2018)
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Veteran
:
Wife Jo, daughters Eleanor and Amelia
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English
:
Paul Shaw [national], GBR
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He began playing wheelchair rugby in 2010 at the West Coast Crash club in Southport, England. (paralympics.org.uk, 2016)
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He was introduced to the sport by a friend, whom he had met while working as a scuba diving instructor for wheelchair users. "I had come to the conclusion at that point that I needed to be a bit more active and lose a little bit of weight. After 15 years in a wheelchair, not doing a great deal of sport, I had piled on the pounds. That was the initial reason for starting but, after a couple of years, I actually got quite good at it." (derbyshirelife.co.uk, 27 Feb 2019; paralympics.org.uk, 2016)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (derbyshirelife.co.uk, 27 Feb 2019)
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He was named the Best 1.0 Class Player of the 2015 British National Championships in London, England, and the 2015/16 British Super Series Division One. (ucan2magazine.co.uk, 11 May 2015; gbwr.org.uk, 2016)

General Interest

Classification
1.0 (IWRF, 01 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (gbwr.org.uk, 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympics.org.uk, 2016)

Impairment Details
He injured his spinal cord in 1994. (paralympics.org.uk, 2016)

General
VETERAN
He sustained his spinal cord injury in 1994, a year after joining the British Army. "A lot of things go through your mind and I just thought, 'This is rubbish'. But there comes a point when you have to not dwell on what has happened and try and get on with things. It's tough when you are young, and I was never expecting to be in a wheelchair and living back at home, having left with no intention of going back. It was like being a young child and learning to live again. But you have to crack on and make the best of it." (derbyshirelife.co.uk, 27 Feb 2019; paralympics.org.uk, 2016)

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