Ian Vander-Wal Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sally Pearson.
  2. Web site: Sports Reference profile . Sports Reference . 2014 . 11 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316005721/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ian-vander-wal-1.html . 16 March 2014 .
  3. http://www.commercial-swimming.org.au/ClubRoleofHonour.html ClubRoleofHonour
  4. G Hunter, p. 87, Ian Thorpe:the biography
  5. Book: Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. 2002. Australian Sports Commission. Canberra. 1-74013-060-X.