Heath Ryan

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Heath Ryan
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Heath Ryan riding Flame (2007)
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1958-07-02) 2 July 1958 (age 66)
Sydney
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportEquestrian
Event(s)Dressage and Eventing
ClubEquestrian Federation of Australia
Coached by Harry Boldt (2002–2008)
Wayne Roycroft (1990–2008)

Heath Ryan (born 2 July 1958) is an Australian equestrian who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the dressage team.

Born in Sydney, Ryan was Australia's three-day event champion three times, and won every International Grand Prix competition in Australia in 2007. [1]

After videos appeared to show Ryan repeatedly striking a horse, Ryan was provisionally suspended from all competitions and events by Equestrian Australia, the national governing body for equestrian sports in that country, in June 2025. [2]

Record

References

  1. "Hunter Olympian Profiles". Newcastle Herald . Fairfax Media. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. "Heath Ryan suspended for whipping a horse". BBC Sport. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.