Ryan Sissons

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]