Ricky Betar

Ricky Betar (born 25 September 2003) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics .

Personal He was born 25 September 2003 in Osaka, Japan.

Swimming career He is classified as a S14 swimmer. Betar has been swimming since he was 10 years old. At the 2019 Australian Championships, he took home five medals at the national champs and broke an INAS world record for the 50m freestyle.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Betar teamed up with Madeleine McTernan, Ruby Storm, and Benjamin Hance in the Mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle S14. They won the silver medal with a time of 3:46.38, just under 6 seconds behind the winners, Great Britain, who set a world record. Betar also qualified for the finals in the 200 m freestyle S14 and 100 m butterfly S14 and finished seventh and eighth respectively. He also competed in the 100 m backstroke S14 but failed to advance to the Final. He competed at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England but did not medal.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Betar won the bronze medal in the Men's 200 m individual medley SM14, sixth in the Men's 100 m backstroke S14. He did not qualify for the Men's 200 m freestyle S14.

In 2024, he is coached by Casey Atkins at USC Spartans SC.

Recognition In 2019, he was awarded the Kurt Fearnley Scholarship.