Ryley Batt Athlete
Ryley Batt (born 22 May 1989) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He was born without legs and had surgery to separate his webbed fingers. Up to the age of twelve, he did not use a wheelchair, preferring to move around on a skateboard. He was convinced to use a wheelchair when he saw a demonstration of wheelchair rugby at his school, and took up the sport shortly afterwards in 2002. He first competed on the [[Australian Steelers in 2002. He was part of the national team at the 2004 Athens Games, where he was the youngest Paralympic rugby player in the world at the age of 15, and in 2008, when he won a silver medal. From 2006 to 2010, he was the national team's most valuable player. He competed in the 2010 World Rugby Wheelchair Championships, where his team won a silver medal. He lives in the New South Wales city of Port Macquarie, and leads the New South Wales Gladiators and the San Diego Sharp Edge in the United States. He will be part of the Paralympic wheelchair rugby team at the 2012 London Games.
Personal facts
| Birth date | May 22, 1989 |
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