Ryan Doyle (born 22 September 1984) is a freerunner,

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, coach, and actor from

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, and is a founding athlete of the World Freerunning and Parkour Federation.

Freerunning and parkour interests

In his teenage years, Doyle trained in the Korean martial art of

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, and developed his running style by adding his own freerunning movements to the martial arts techniques he had learned. Doyle began his freerunner career by winning the 2007 Art of Motion competition in Vienna. He broke his leg in the competition while attempting a trick from a 12-foot jump during the finals. This left Doyle with a plate on his fibula and a 33 cm bar with 14 screws down the core of his shin bone. Despite this setback, Doyle made a full recovery. Even though he suffers from poor eyesight, Doyle is a two-time winner of the Red Bull Art of Motion competition. He is now officially sponsored by

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energy drink. In 2011 Doyle won the Art of Motion competition again. He received eighth place in the Red Bull Art of Motion 2012 (staged in

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), following a tour applying urban acrobatic techniques at the sites of the seven wonders of the world.

Media attention

Doyle was a cast member of MTV's

Ultimate Parkour Challenge ''Ultimate Parkour Challenge'' is a mini-series that premiered on October 22, 2009 on MTV featuring the six of the top parkour and freerunning competitors from around the world expressing their styles against each other in a series of themed ch ...

in 2010, and played the role of Finch in the 2011 movie '' Freerunner''. His "Doyle's Travel Story"''Ryand Doyle's Travel Story''

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.com; retrieved April 2014. won the award for "Best International Series" at the YouTube Streamy Awards (2013)''Third Annual Streamy Awards''
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Competition statistics

Red Bull Art of Motion

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Ryan 1984 births Living people British people of Irish descent Freerunners Martial artists from Liverpool Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Liverpool Streamy Award winners