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Home About Contact Discrimination Diversity Aims and categories for athletes with a disability, participating in the Paralympics and Special Olympics NSW support services for students with disabilities participating in sport Biography and achievements of paralympian Ryley Batt Bibliography. Born with a limb deficiency, Ryley does not have legs and required surgery to separate his fingers from each other.

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Up until then, he preferred to ride around on a skateboard with his friends, scraping his hands along the ground when he needed to stop. Ryley played in competition for the first time in The following year, he represented his country in Japan. At the Athens Paralympic Games, he became the youngest ever wheelchair rugby Paralympian at just However, Athens was also a turning point for the teenager.

His provisional classification of 2. At the Beijing Games in , Ryley helped his team win a silver medal after a narrow defeat to the USA and in London helped the team win gold, scoring goals during the tournament, including 37 in the gold medal match.

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Outside of the Games, he has been just as dominant. But, the loss proved timely for the team, who used it as motivation when they went on to win every quarter of every game in London. Outside wheelchair rugby, Ryley is an adrenaline junkie, loves to ride quad bikes and motor bikes in his spare time and is a passionate motorsports fan. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.

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