Ian van der Wal

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Olympic medal record
Women's swimming
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 4x200 m freestyle relay

Ian van der Wal (born September 22, 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia) was an Australian sprint-middle distance freestyle swimmer, who represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relay teams [1]. He trained at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane [2].

In 1997, he competed at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, where he combined with Michael Klim, Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe to earn a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay [3].

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  1. ^ http://www.olympics.com.au/athletes.cfm?AthleteID=6589
  2. ^ http://www.commercial-swimming.org.au/ClubRoleofHonour.html
  3. ^ G Hunter, p. 87, Ian Thorpe:the biography

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