Ryan Smith has been an Athlete for Special Olympics New Zealand for over twenty years starting when he was 15-years-old in 2003 and has since been a club member in Manawatū and Marlborough.
Ryan has competed in athletics, basketball, swimming, tenpin bowling, football, powerlifting and alpine skiing. He has attended three National Summer Games and graduated as an athlete leader in 2014.
He has been to two World Summer Games, and has achieved a Gold medal in the 4x100m relay in Athens, and was an athlete torch runner for the Final Leg Torch Run at the 2019 World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi.
Ryans goal on the Athlete Leadership Council is to help inspire hundreds of young athletes across New Zealand.
