Ian Vander-Wal
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| Full name | Ian Daniel Vander-Wal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1971 Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Commercial Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Daniel Vander-Wal (born 22 September 1971) is an Australian former sprint and middle-distance freestyle swimmer who represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100-metre and 4x200-metre freestyle relay teams.[1][2] He trained at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane.[3]
He also competed at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, where he combined with Michael Klim, Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe to earn a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.[4] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1989 to 1992.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sally Pearson".
- ^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ ClubRoleofHonour Archived 27 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ G Hunter, p. 87, Ian Thorpe:the biography
- ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.
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