Richard Dryden Olympic Weightlifting Coach Strength, Power & Conditioning Trainer Coaching NZ Level 1 & 2 Australian Strength & Conditioning Association – member National Strength & Conditioning Association (USA) – member Diploma in Business in Information Technology

Olympic Weightlifting NZ, National Coach & High Performance Manager

	1998/2002/2006 Commonwealth Games: 2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze, 3 x4th, 5th and 4 x 6th
	1997/1999/2001/2005 World Championships: 3 x top 10 placings
	2000/2008 Olympic Games: 17th , 21st place
	Over 300 NZ, Oceania & Commonwealth records
	Over 75 NZ, Oceania, Commonwealth Champs & Commonwealth Games titles

Technique Consulting, Strength & Power Trainer - Rugby

	All Blacks, Black Ferns, NZ Seven’s North Harbour– NPC, Academy, Schools Squads
	Chiefs, Highlanders – Super 12/14
	Blues, Crusaders – Super 12/14 & Development
	Mitsubishi Rugby Team [Sagamihara, Japan]
	Southland, Counties, Marlborough, Auckland, BOP, Taranaki, Canterbury, Harbour, Manawatu, Tasman, Northland Rugby Academies

Strength & Conditioning Trainer – Other Sports

	Warriors NRL & Development – rugby league
	Team NZ Sailing - grinders & mast-men
	NZ Swimming - Comm Games athletes
	NZ Boxing – Comm Games athletes
	NZ Kayaking – Olympic Squad
	NZ Athletics – sprints, throws, jumps
	NZ Paralympic athletes – lifting
	NZ Cycling. NZ Softball, NZ Basketball, Winter Olympics

Strength, Power & Conditioning Consultant

	NZ Academy of Sport North and South, WINTEC.
	Sport Northland
	Millennium Institute of Sport & Health
	Silicon Coach
	Southland Sport Consortium – Conducting Conditioning Programme for @200 kids in Southland, Catch Fitness

Personal Sports Success:

	Athletics	NZ representative – Shot Put, Discus NZ titles, records
	Weightlifting	NZ titles, records – Olympic & powerlifting
		International Olympic Weightlifting Referee
	Others	Provincial Rep – basketball, volleyball, rugby
		Also coached/played squash, tennis, golf