Ryan Patterson (born 10 January 1994) is a South African male

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

who qualified to compete at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Personal life

Patterson was born on 10 January 1994. He has dual South African and United States citizenship. He attended the University of California, Berkeley in the United States.

Gymnastics

Paterson represented South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, where he finished 33rd in the men's artistic qualification with a total score of 77.700. Patterson finished 72nd at the

2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Nanning, China at the Guangxi Gymnasium from 3–12 October 2014. The competition was the fourth time a World Artistic Gymnastics Championships has been held in the continent of Asia. ...

, held in Nanjing, China, with a total score of 81.373; he scored 14.766 on the floor, 12.333 for the pommel horse, 13.333 on the rings, 14.400 for the vault, 13.100 on the parallel bars and 13.441 on the horizontal bar. At the

2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the forty-sixth edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from 23 October – 1 November 2015 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, United Kingdom, and is the fir ...

, held in Glasgow, United Kingdom he finished 73rd out of 182 in the men’s all-around qualifications with a total score of 82.132 across the six apparatus. Patterson was the highest finishing African athlete ahead of Algerian Bourguieg Mohamed Abdeldjalil who placed 83rd. This earned Patterson a place at the Rio Olympic Test Event in 2016. In 2016, Patterson became the first male South African gymnast to qualify for the Olympics in 50 years. At the Olympic Test Event, held in the Rio Olympic Arena, he scored an all-around total of 82.932 to finish 44th overall and secure the international qualification standard for the men's competition at the

to be held in Rio de Janeiro. However, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) still had to confirm his nomination to compete. His participation was confirmed by SASCOC on 11 May 2016. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 46th out of 49 in the men's all-around qualifications with a total score of 80.690. He did not advance to any finals.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Ryan 1994 births Living people South African male artistic gymnasts People from Pacifica, California Sportspeople from San Mateo County, California Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics University of California, Berkeley alumni Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in gymnastics South African gymnasts Competitors at the 2015 African Games