Ryan Sissons (born 24 June 1988) is a

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. Born in

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, Sissons represented New Zealand at the

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in the

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where he finished 33rd. At the

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, he finished in 13th in the individual event and was part of the New Zealand mixed relay team that finished in 5th. At the

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, he finished in 17th. At the 2017 ITU World series in Hamburg, Ryan finished 3rd. At the age of 32, Ryan retired in 2020 after the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed, with no guarantees that the games would go ahead in 2021.

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