Ryan Pini

Ryan Pini

Personal information
Full name	Ryan John Pini
Nationality	Papua New Guinea
Born	(1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 35) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Yeronga Park Swim Club (AUS)
Medal record Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 100m Butterfly Delhi 2010 100m Butterfly South Pacific Games Guam 1999 100m Backstroke Suva 2003 100m Freestyle Suva 2003 50m Backstroke Suva 2003 100m Backstroke Suva 2003 200m Backstroke Suva 2003 50m Butterfly Suva 2003 100m Butterfly Suva 2003 200m I.M. Apia 2007 100m Freestyle Apia 2007 200m Freestyle Apia 2007 50m Backstroke Apia 2007 100m Backstroke Apia 2007 200m Backstroke Apia 2007 50m Butterfly Apia 2007 100m Butterfly Apia 2007 200m I.M. Nouméa 2011 200m Freestyle Nouméa 2011 50m Backstroke Nouméa 2011 100m Backstroke Nouméa 2011 50m Butterfly Nouméa 2011 100m Butterfly Port Moresby 2015 50m Freestyle Port Moresby 2015 100m Freestyle Port Moresby 2015 50m Backstroke Port Moresby 2015 100m Backstroke Port Moresby 2015 50m Butterfly Port Moresby 2015 100m Butterfly Port Moresby 2015 Mixed 4x50m Freestyle relay Guam 1999 100m Butterfly Suva 2003 50m Freestyle Suva 2003 400m Free Relay Suva 2003 800m Free Relay Suva 2003 400m Medley Relay Apia 2007 50m Freestyle Apia 2007 400m Freestyle Nouméa 2011 100m Freestyle Nouméa 2011 50m Freestyle Port Moresby 2015 4x100m Medley Relay Port Moresby 2015 Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Guam 1999 200m Backstroke Suva 2003 200m Freestyle Nouméa 2011 4x100m Medley Port Moresby 2015 4x100m Freestyle relay Port Moresby 2015 4x200m Freestyle relay

Ryan John Pini MBE (born 10 December 1981 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) is a 4-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008 and 2016. He is the first PNG swimmer ever to reach an Olympic final.

Pini competes for the Boroko Swim Club.

At his first ever Commonwealth Games, Pini made the semi final in all 4 events contested (50m/100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke)

Pini competed in the 100m Butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 18th.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Pini became just the second individual from Papua New Guinea to win an individual gold medal at any Olympic or Commonwealth Games, when he won the Men's 100m Butterfly. In doing so, Pini also won Papua New Guinea's first ever swimming medal at an Olympic or Commonwealth Games. His winning time of 52.64 was enough to edge out Michael Klim of Australia and Moss Burmester of New Zealand.

Pini also competed in the final of the Men's 50m Butterfly, finishing fifth, and made the semi final of the Men's 100m Freestyle.

Pini competed in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne.

He reached the 100m Butterfly and 50m Butterfly semi finals.

He competed in the heats of the 100m Freestyle.

Pini was the flag bearer for Papua New Guinea at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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