Heath Ryan

{{Short description|Australian equestrian (born 1958)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

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| caption = Heath Ryan riding Flame (2007)

| name = Heath Ryan

| nationality = Australian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|7|2}}

| birth_place = Sydney

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| height = 182 cm

| weight = 74 kg

| country = Australia

| sport = Equestrian

| event = Dressage and Eventing

| club = Equestrian Federation of Australia

| coach = Harry Boldt (2002–2008)
Wayne Roycroft (1990–2008)

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Heath Ryan (born 2 July 1958) is an Australian equestrian who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the dressage team.

Born in Sydney, Ryan was Australia's three-day event champion three times, and won every International Grand Prix competition in Australia in 2007.{{cite news|title=Hunter Olympian Profiles|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/485958/hunter-olympian-profiles/|access-date=4 October 2015|work=Newcastle Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=4 August 2008}}

After videos appeared to show Ryan repeatedly striking a horse, Ryan was provisionally suspended from all competitions and events by Equestrian Australia, the national governing body for equestrian sports in that country, in June 2025.{{cite web | title=Heath Ryan suspended for whipping a horse | website=BBC Sport | date=June 12, 2025 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c991zle4r0lo | access-date=June 12, 2025}}