Ian Vander-Wal

{{short description|Australian swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Ian Vander-Wal

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| fullname = Ian Daniel Vander-Wal

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| national_team = {{AUS}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Commercial Swim Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Darwin, Northern Territory

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| height = {{convert|1.95|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|90|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Australia}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1990 Auckland | 4 x 100 freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1997 Fukuoka | 4×100 m free}}

{{MedalSilver | 1997 Fukuoka | 4×200 m free}}

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Ian Daniel Vander-Wal (born 22 September 1971) is an Australian former sprint and middle-distance freestyle swimmer who represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100-metre and 4x200-metre freestyle relay teams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympics.com.au/athletes.cfm?AthleteID=6589|title=Sally Pearson}}{{cite web|title=Sports Reference profile |publisher=Sports Reference |year=2014 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ian-vander-wal-1.html |access-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316005721/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ian-vander-wal-1.html |archive-date=16 March 2014 }} He trained at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane.[http://www.commercial-swimming.org.au/ClubRoleofHonour.html ClubRoleofHonour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827161021/http://www.commercial-swimming.org.au/ClubRoleofHonour.html |date=27 August 2008 }}

He also competed at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, where he combined with Michael Klim, Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe to earn a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.G Hunter, p. 87, Ian Thorpe:the biography He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1989 to 1992.{{cite book|title=Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport|year=2002|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Canberra|isbn=1-74013-060-X}}