Ryan Crouch

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Name: Ryan Crouch

Essex base: Tendring

Date of Birth:  07 February 1994

Sport: GB Disability Swimmer

Height: 5ft 7

Weight: 8st 9lb

Education: Manningtree High School

Club: Team Ipswich Swimming Club

Coach: Dave Champion (who coached Karen Pickering to the Olympics and Commonwealth Games).

Competitions and achievements

2009

• Junior Nationals, Sheffield, March 2009 winning five golds, two silvers and a bronze medal

2008

• Selected to compete in the Danish Open Championships in March where Ryan won 3 Bronze Medals against all age groups.
• Selected to swim at the UK School Games where 1500 of the most talented athletes compete in a mini Olympic Games in preparation for London2012.  Ryan won 2 Gold medals
• Welsh Nationals, Swansea, December 2008, winning three silver and one bronze medal
• Senior Nationals Sheffield, November 2008 winning three gold, two silver and three bronze medals
• Recognised by Tendring Coastal School Sport Partnership for my achievements

2007

• Selected to swim at the UK School Games where 1500 of the most talented athletes compete in a mini Olympic Games in preparation for 2012.  Ryan won 2 Silver Medals
• Recognised by Tendring Coastal School Sport Partnership for his achievements
• Highly Recommended for the Essex County Council Paralympics Hopeful
• Runner Up for the Suffolk GrassRoots Young Sports Personality of the Year

2006

• Recognised by Tendring Coastal School Sport Partnership for my achievements

Highlights

• Holds 3 Junior National Records.
• Holds 8 ASA Eastern Region Short Course Junior Records
• Holds 5 ASA Eastern Region Short Course Senior Records
• Holds 10 ASA Eastern Region Long Course Junior Records.
• Holds 10 ASA Eastern Region Long Course Senior Records
• Holds 5 National CP Records.

Team Essex Ambassadorial Duties

• Inspirational speaker at Templars Primary School, Witham talking to a group of students on the Upstarts project
• Working with Tendring School Sports Partnership based at Colne School, Brightlingsea
• Journey to the Podium - Working with animator Paul Heard

Impact of Team Essex Ambassador funding

Other Information

Ryan has mild Cerebral Palsy,  a muscle weakness affecting the right-hand side of his body. Due to this Ryan is registered as a Disabled Swimmer. He was was selected by British Swimming to be part of their Elite Squad in December 2005 and have been competitively swimming since then. Ryan is now currently on the British Swimming World Class Development Programme, for the second year (one Squad below Paralympics GB Podium Team). He currently trains 12 hours a week and also go to the gym twice a week.

For more information visit Ryan's blog