Ryan Napoleon
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| Full name | Ryan Napoleon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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26 May 1990 Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Palm Beach Currumbin St Peters Western |
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| Coach | Richard Scarce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ryan Napoleon (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian freestyle swimmer and Commonwealth Games medalist.
Napoleon won gold in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, silver in the 4×100-metre medley relay and bronze in the 100-metre butterfly whilst representing Australia at the Youth Olympic Festival.
At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, Napoleon won gold in the 200-metre freestyle, 4×100-metre freestyle, 4×200-metre freestyle, 4×100-metre medley relays as well as silver in the 100-metre freestyle.
During the 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, Napoleon won gold in the 4×200-metre relay and bronze in the 200-metre butterfly.
Napoleon won the national 1500-metre title and so became the sixth fastest Australian of all time at the 2009 Australian Swimming Championships.
At the 2009 World Championships, Napoleon placed 11th in the 1500-metre freestyle, 12 in the 800-metre freestyle, and 21st in the 400-metre freestyle.
At the 2010 Australian Championships Napoleon won silver medals in the 400-, 800- and 1500-metre freestyle events.
Napoleon placed 9th in the 1500-metre, and was ranked 6th in the 400-metre freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games Napoleon won silver in the 400-metre freestyle in a time of 3.48.59, and gold as part of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay team.
At the 2011 Australian Swimming Championships, he won the 400-metre freestyle in a time of 3:45.16, making him the 4th fastest Australian swimmer of all time, behind Olympic Champions Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Kieran Perkins
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