Ian Daniel Vander-Wal (born 22 September 1971) is an Australian former sprint and middle-distance freestyle

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who represented Australia at the

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in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100-metre and 4x200-metre freestyle relay teams. He trained at the

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in Brisbane. He also competed at the

1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Fukuoka, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian ma ...

in Fukuoka, Japan, where he combined with

Michael Klim Michael George Klim, OAM (born 13 August 1977) is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder of the 1990s and 2000s. He is known as the creator of straight-arm freestyle. Early years Klim was ...

Grant Hackett Grant George Hackett Order of Australia, OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle swimming, freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in ...

and

Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle swimming, freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the medley swimming, individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the se ...

to earn a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. He was an

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scholarship holder from 1989 to 1992.

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1971 births Living people Australian people of Dutch descent Sportspeople from Darwin, Northern Territory Olympic swimmers for Australia Australian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportsmen from the Northern Territory Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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