Patrick Ryan (hammer thrower)

Patrick Ryan

Ryan at the 1920 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Patrick Joseph Ryan
Born	20 January 1883 Bunavoy, Pallasgreen, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	13 February 1964 (aged 81) Limerick, Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	113 kg (249 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Loughlin Lyceum
Achievements and titles
Personal best	57.77 m (1913)
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Hammer throw 1920 Antwerp 56 lb weight throw

Patrick James Ryan (20 January 1883 – 13 February 1964) was an Irish American hammer thrower. He competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the hammer throw and a silver in the 56-pound weight throw.^[1] In 1913 he established the first world record in the hammer throw, which stood as a world record for 25 years and as an American record for 40 years. Ryan was part of Irish weight throwers known as the Irish Whales.^[2]