Ryan Pini

Ryan Pini
MBE
Personal information
Full nameRyan John Pini
NicknamePNG's Golden Fish
Nationality Papua New Guinea
Born (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubYeronga Park Swim Club (AUS)
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 2006 100m Butterfly
Silver medal – second place Delhi 2010 100m Butterfly
South Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place Agana 1999 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 100m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 50m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 200m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 50m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 100m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Suva 2003 200m I.M.
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 100m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 200m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 50m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 200m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 50m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 100m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Apia 2007 200m medley
Gold medal – first place Nouméa 2011 200m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place Nouméa 2011 50m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Nouméa 2011 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Nouméa 2011 50m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Nouméa 2011 100m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 50m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 100m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 50m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 50m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 100m Butterfly
Gold medal – first place Port Moresby 2015 Mixed 4x50m Freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place Agana 1999 100m Butterfly
Silver medal – second place Suva 2003 50m Freestyle
Silver medal – second place Suva 2003 400m Free Relay
Silver medal – second place Suva 2003 800m Free Relay
Silver medal – second place Suva 2003 400m Medley Relay
Silver medal – second place Apia 2007 50m Freestyle
Silver medal – second place Apia 2007 400m Freestyle
Silver medal – second place Nouméa 2011 100m Freestyle
Silver medal – second place Nouméa 2011 50m Freestyle
Silver medal – second place Port Moresby 2015 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver medal – second place Port Moresby 2015 Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay
Bronze medal – third place Agana 1999 200m Backstroke
Bronze medal – third place Suva 2003 200m Freestyle
Bronze medal – third place Nouméa 2011 4x100m Medley
Bronze medal – third place Port Moresby 2015 4x100m Freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place Port Moresby 2015 4x200m Freestyle relay

Ryan John Pini MBE (born 10 December 1981 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)[1] is a 4-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics;[2] also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008 and 2016. He is the first PNG swimmer ever to reach an Olympic final.

Pini competes for the Boroko Swim Club.

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: PINI Ryan". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Pini". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2009.