David Bryant (triathlete)

David Bryant (born 4 January 1989) is an elite Australian triathlete with a disability. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Personal
Byant was born on 4 January 1989. He was born with a clubfoot in his right leg which sees him compete with a muscle mass differential of approximately 17% less than that of his left leg. He is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Advanced Sports Dietitian. He has worked as a personal trainer. In 2021, he lives in Perth.

Career
In 2019, Bryant was categorised in para triathlon as PTS5. His para-triathlon journey started with a humble 20-minute jog as part of rehabilitation from leg surgery.Since 2019, he was won Australian and Oceania events in his classification. Bryant competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in PTS5 and finished seventh with a time of 1:02.30.

He is ranked seventh in Men's PTS5 going into the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

In 2021, he was a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.