Ryan Sissons (born 24 June 1988) is a New Zealand triathlete. Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Sissons moved to Auckland as a boy where he attended Macleans College. [1] [2] Sissons represented New Zealand at the 2012 London Olympics in the triathlon where he finished 33rd. [3] [4] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished in 13th in the individual event and was part of the New Zealand mixed relay team that finished in 5th. [5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished in 17th. [6] At the 2017 ITU World series in Hamburg, Ryan finished 3rd. [7] 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. [8]
