Age: 23
Class: Laser / ILCA 7
Home Club: Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
Ryan Anderson has always loved the ocean. Being in it. On it. And studying it. After spending the last two years campaigning for the Olympics, Ryan is back at Dalhousie finishing his final year of an Oceanography degree.
In 11 years, he’s been to ten world championships in Optis, Laser Radials(ILCA 6) and now, in the Full Rig Laser (ILCA 7). He’s had top 10 finishes in races in Junior and Senior World Championships. Lately, he qualified for the gold fleet at the 2023 World Sailing Championships and 2024 Princess Sophia Regatta. Here in Canada, Ryan was Sail Canada’s Youth Champion in 2018, Radial National Champion in 2019 and Senior Laser Champion in 2021. He won the Sail Canada Bill Burke Memorial Male Youth Elite Award in 2019.
Coming off his Paris 2024 Olympic Campaign his eyes are now on the 2028 Olympics. Ryan saw huge improvements this past year finishing 38th at the Portugal GP, Gold fleet at the Princess Sophia regatta, 16th at the Hyeres Olympic week Last Chance Regatta and second in the Canadian Olympic Trials. This has given him a boost in confidence and a good base to start the next four-year Olympic quadrennial. During this time Ryan’s expectation is to become a top ten contender at World Championships and World Cups, with the ultimate goal of becoming a medal contender at the 2028 Olympics in LA.
There’s just one thing missing: the funding to do it. Club, provincial and national support only scratch the surface of what’s needed to race, train and become a top ILCA 7 sailor. To be successful and maintain momentum, Ryan needs to get to Europe for important training and regattas this winter and spring. In May Ryan Will go to China for the 2025 World Championships. He needs a new Laser and equipment, training and coaching.
He needs your help.
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