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Ryan Cochrane

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Cochrane
Nationality	Canada
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Island Swimming
Date of birth	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) (age 21)
Place of birth	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  Canada Summer Olympics Bronze 2008 Beijing 1500 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Silver 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships Bronze 2006 Victoria 800 m freestyle

Ryan Cochrane (born October 29, 1988 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian long-distance swimmer.

Career

He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle, where he finished ninth in the heats with a Canadian record time of 3:44.85 and failed to qualify for the final. Cochrane also competed in the 1500 m freestyle where he briefly held the Olympic record after swimming a time of 14:40.84 in the heats. This record was soon broken by previous record holder Grant Hackett, who swam a time of 14:38.92.^[1] He qualified in second position for the final, and won the bronze medal on August 17.^[2] It was the first Olympic medal for a Canadian swimmer since the 2000 Summer Olympics. It was the first medal for Canada in the 1500m freestyle in 88 years. ^[3]

External links

• Biography at swimming.ca

References