Ricky Betar (born 25 September 2003) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 2003 Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S14, SB14, SM14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Auburn Swim Clubb | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Clinton Camilleri | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal edit
He was born 25 September 2003 in Osaka, Japan.[2] His father is Australian and mother is Japanese. He attended Moorebank High School.[3]
Swimming career edit
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Storm teamed up with Madeleine McTernan, Ricky Betar and Benjamin Hance in the Mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle S14.[5] They won the silver medal with a time of 3:46.38, just under 6 seconds behind the winners, Great Britain, who set a world record.[6] Betar has been swimming since he was 10 years old.[4] He is classified as a S14 swimmer. At the 2019 Australian Championships, he took home five medals at the national champs and broke an INAS world record for the 50m freestyle.[4] His time of 1:02.03 in the 100m backstroke resulted in him on making his maiden Australian team for the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.[4] At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, he was a member of the Australian team that won the bronze medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay S14. He also competed in the Men's 200m Freestyle S14, Men's 100m Backstroke S14, Men's 100m Butterfly S14 and Men's 100m Butterfly S14.[2]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Betar teamed up with Madeleine McTernan, Ruby Storm, and Benjamin Hance in the Mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle S14.[5] They won the silver medal with a time of 3:46.38, just under 6 seconds behind the winners, Great Britain, who set a world record.[6] Betar also qualified for the finals in the 200 m freestyle S14 and 100 m butterfly S14 and finished seventh and eighth respectively.[7] He also competed in the 100 m backstroke S14 but failed to advance to the Final.[8]
In 2019, he was awarded the Kurt Fearnley Scholarship.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Ricky Betar". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Results. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Conway, Doug (14 September 2016). "Ashford student Ricky Betar is set for stardom in the pool". Liverpool Leader. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Ricky Betar". Swimming Australia website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "New Trio Of Dolphins Completes Prestigious Commonwealth Games Pod". Commonwealth Games Australia. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Ricky Betar". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Kurt Fearnley scholarships to support future stars/". Commonwealth Games Australia website. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
External links edit
- Ricky Betar at Paralympics Australia
- Ricky Betar at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Ricky Betar at the International Paralympic Committee