[1][2] There he finished in eleventh position in the 200-metre butterfly, clocking 1:57.90 minutes in the B-Final.

After finishing at St Edmund's College, Ipswich, he went to the University of Queensland.

[citation needed] In the lead-up to the 2000 Summer Olympics, he paused his commerce degree to focus on swimming.

[3][4][5] Ramsay qualified for the 2000 Olympics by winning the 200-metre butterfly at the Australian championships.

[12][13] He was a coach to his daughter Ella Ramsay who was a swimmer in Australia's team at the 2024 Olympics.