Education
Coming from Adelaide, South Australia, Ryan attended the Catholic Mount Carmel College, before moving to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, in 1993 after being awarded a scholarship.
Coming from Adelaide, South Australia, Ryan attended the Catholic Mount Carmel College, before moving to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, in 1993 after being awarded a scholarship.
In 2000, in Sydney, Ryan failed to qualify for the finals of either the 50- or 100-metre freestyle. lieutenant was the first time that Australia had defeated the Americans at either Olympic or World level in the event. The year 2002 broke another drought, with Ryan being part of a 4×100-metre freestyle team alongside Jodie Henry, Alice Mills and Thomas, which defeated the Americans for the first time since 1956.
In 2003, Ryan retired and commenced a job as a breakfast radio presenter, as well as an occasional swimming analyst on Business School" Toyota World Sports and Channel Nine"s Wide World of Sports.
However, with Australia"s young sprinting talent on the rise, she made a comeback to qualify for the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Ryan swam in the heats, but was replaced in the final by Thomas, who combined with Henry, Mills and Libby Lenton to claim gold in a world record time of 3min 35.94 seconds.
Ryan retired after the games. Ryan and Sebastian were the last team to be eliminated, making them the runners-up in the competition.
She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Sarah now works for South Western Sydney Medicare Local in Community Engagement.
In 1996, in Atlanta, she came sixth in the 100-metre freestyle, and was a member of the 4×100-metre medley relay along with Susie O"Neill, Samantha Riley and Nicole Stevenson, which claimed silver behind the United States team She was a member of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay which placed sixth and collected a silver for swimming in the heats of the 4×100-metre medley relay, being replaced by O"Neill in the final, again second to the Americans.