Ian Daniel Vander-Wal (born 22 September 1971) is an Australian former sprint and middle-distance freestyle

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who represented Australia at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100-metre and 4x200-metre freestyle relay teams. He trained at the

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in Brisbane. He also competed at the

1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefectu ...

in Fukuoka, Japan, where he combined with Michael Klim, Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe to earn a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. He was an

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scholarship holder from 1989 to 1992.

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1971 births Living people Australian people of Dutch descent People from Darwin, Northern Territory Olympic swimmers of Australia Australian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportsmen from the Northern Territory Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub

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