Ian Vander-Wal | |
Fullname: | Ian Daniel Vander-Wal |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Club: | Commercial Swim Club |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1971 |
Birth Place: | Darwin, Northern Territory |
Height: | 1.95m (06.4feet) |
Weight: | 900NaN0 |
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]