| Matt Ryan | ||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||
| Full name | Matthew Colin Ryan | |||||||
| Born |
(1966-02-19) February 19, 1966 (age 58) Miller Place, New York, U.S. | |||||||
| Nationality |
 United States | |||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||
| Playing position | backcourt and circle | |||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||
| 1988 - 1996 | Garden City | |||||||
| 1996 - Min. 2002 | Condor Handball | |||||||
| National team | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | ||||||
| 1989-96 |
 United States | 225 | ||||||
| Title | ||||||||
| 1999 - 2000 | Nationals | |||||||
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Matthew Colin "Matt" Ryan (born February 19, 1966), a native of New York, was captain of the 1996 US Olympic handball team. He was a member of the US National team from 1989-1996 and he competed at the Goodwill Games in 1994 where the US team ranked 6 of 6. He played basketball for the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Long Island University.
Awards
- 1 x Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame
- 3 x USA Player of the Year
References
- ^ "C.W. Post Campus | Press Releases". Archived from the original on 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matt Ryan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- "The Condors Team Handball Club". Archived from the original on 2002-12-04. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- "1994 Goodwill Games Results - Handball". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- Esposito, Nicholas (2018-02-13). "Miller Place Olympian inducted into Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame". Greater Long Island. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- "Matthew Colin Ryan". Codor Handball. Archived from the original on 2003-01-26. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- American male handball players
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for the United States
- Handball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in handball
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American handball biography stubs