Richard John Ayling (1 June 1952 – 1 November 2016) was a British rower.
[1] He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
[2] He won the coxed pairs title rowing for the Kingston and Leander composite, with Mark Hayter, at the 1973 National Rowing Championships.
[3] Ayling was selected by Great Britain as part of the coxed four at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, the four just missed out on a medal finishing in fourth place in the A final.
[5] He married German international rower Astrid Hohl in 1976.