COWLING Ryan

Wheelchair Rugby

Date of Birth: 5 Feb 1976

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.0

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Rugby	Mixed GBR Great Britain	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group B #03 GBR Great Britain 50 CAN Canada 47	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group B #08 GBR Great Britain 60 NZL New Zealand 37	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group B #11 USA United States 50 GBR Great Britain 48	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Semifinal #15 JPN Japan 49 GBR Great Britain 55	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Gold Medal #18 USA United States 49 GBR Great Britain 54	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
4	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
European Championships
1	Mixed	2019	Vejle, DEN
1	Mixed	2017	Koblenz, GER

Scuba diving. (gbwr.org.uk, 05 Aug 2018)

Occupation:

Wife Jo, daughters Eleanor and Amelia

Languages spoken:

Paul Shaw [national], GBR

He began playing wheelchair rugby in 2010 at the West Coast Crash club in Southport, England. (paralympics.org.uk, 2016)

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)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (derbyshirelife.co.uk, 27 Feb 2019)

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)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/ryan.cowling2
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-cowling-a4745382/
https://twitter.com/drcowling
Twitter Profile 2: https://twitter.com/david_cowling

Legend

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

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