Ryan is a former international football player. He played in the England Cerebral Palsy Football team as a wing back. His breakthrough race was the ITU World Championships in Chicago, where he won bronze in the PT2 category. Ryan is from Derby but is now lives and trains full time at the Loughborough Triathlon Performance Centre. He has cerebral palsy, affecting his right side and uses an adapted bike with the gear and brake controls on the left.

Ryan represented Great Britain in 2016 at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where he placed 6th and since then he won gold at the 2017 Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series.

Recent Highlights

- 4th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam;
- Winner of the 2017 Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series;
- 2nd place at the 2017 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series; and
- 6th place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games.