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Ryan Sissons

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Sissons in 2018

Ryan Sissons(born 24 June 1988) is aNew Zealandtriathlete.Born inBulawayo,Zimbabwe,Sissons represented New Zealand at the2012 London Olympicsin thetriathlonwhere he finished 33rd.[1][2]At the2014 Commonwealth Games,he finished in 13th in the individual event and was part of the New Zealand mixed relay team that finished in 5th.[3]At the2016 Summer Olympics,he finished in 17th.[4]At the 2017 ITU World series in Hamburg, Ryan finished 3rd.[5]At the age of 32, Ryan retired in 2020 after the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed, with no guarantees that the games would go ahead in 2021.[6]

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  1. ^"Ryan Sissons".www.london2012.com. Archived fromthe originalon 5 August 2012.Retrieved7 August2012.
  2. ^"NZ's challenge fades in men's triathlon".www.stuff.co.nz.Retrieved7 August2012.
  3. ^"Glasgow 2014 - Ryan Sissons Profile".g2014results.thecgf.com.Retrieved15 August2017.
  4. ^"Rio 2016 Individual men - Olympic Triathlon".International Olympic Committee.3 June 2017.Retrieved15 August2017.
  5. ^Staff (21 July 2017)."Sissons claims bronze - Sport, News, Local".Times.Retrieved16 September2021.
  6. ^"Tokyo Olympics: Veteran Kiwi triathlete Ryan Sissons retires as doubts linger over 2021 reschedule".Newshub.Retrieved16 September2021.