Ian Jaryd Silverman (born 1995) is an American swimmer from

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. He has mild

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and won a

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in the

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400 m freestyle at the

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. At the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships in 2014, Silverman broke the S10 world record in the event, with a time of 4:03.57 , Silverman also holds para-swimming world record in the 400 m Individual Medley. Silverman now swims at

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. Silverman did not compete at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, after a classification review deemed him not impaired enough to compete in his preferred events.

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