Patrick Ryan (hammer thrower)
Ryan at the 1920 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| 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
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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. 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.