Ben Rutledge

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Ben Rutledge
Personal information
Born (1980-11-09) November 9, 1980 (age 42)
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Eight
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Seville Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Milan Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Munich Eight
World Rowing Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Lucerne Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Munich Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Lucerne Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Lucerne Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Eton Pair
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Lucerne Eight
Royal Henley Regatta
Grand Challenge Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Eight
Canadian University Rowing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 CURC Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 CURC Pair

Ben Rutledge (born November 9, 1980, in Cranbrook, British Columbia) was a Canadian Olympic rower and is currently a Mortgage Broker.

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In Seville, Spain 2002 he was a member of Canada's inaugural Men's 8+ crew to win a gold medal at a World Championship regatta. He accomplished this task two more times in 2003 and 2007 in Milan, Italy, and Munich, Germany.

His Olympic results include a disappointing fifth-place finish in the men's 8+ at the 2004 Athens Olympics. However, after a hard-fought 4-year comeback, Ben and his teammates Andrew Byrnes, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Kevin Light, Dominic Sieterle, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. [1]

In 2006 he was the recipient of the Bobby Gaul Memorial Trophy an award presented by the University of British Columbia to the graduating male athlete who best combines the qualities of leadership and sportsmanship.

In 2006 he combined with former Canada National Team rower Robert Weitemeyer as well as varsity athletes Stephane Gervais, Robert Miller and Kevin Johns to capture the overall Men's Championship for Storm the Wall, a relay race held annually at the University of British Columbia, widely considered as the largest intramural event in North America.

Education

Ben attended Mount Baker Secondary School located in Cranbrook, B.C.

Rutledge graduated from the Sauder School of Business in University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Real Estate and Marketing in 2006.

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  1. ↑ The Canadian Press (2008-08-18). "Gold in Men's Eight, Bronze in Women's Double, Men's Four". TSN.ca . Retrieved 2008-08-18.


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