Benjamin Thorne

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Benjamin Thorne
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Ben Thorne at the 2015 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 32)
Education University of British Columbia Harvard University (Ph.D) [1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 20 kilometres walk
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Beijing 20 km walk
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Gwangju 20 km walk
NACAC Under-23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Kamloops 20 km walk

Benjamin Gary Thorne (born 19 March 1993 in Kitimat) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the race walking. [2] He represented his country in the 20 kilometres at the 2013 World Championships finishing twentieth. Two years later he won the bronze medal.

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Thorne won the NAIA 20-kilometre race walk event in 2012 and 2015. [3]

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. [4]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 84th20 km walk 1:31:26
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain –20 km walk DQ
2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala –20 km walk DNF
Universiade Kazan, Russia 16th20 km walk 1:26:59
World Championships Moscow, Russia 20th20 km walk 1:24:26
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 4th20 km walk 1:30:50
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 13th20 km walk 1:20:19
NACAC U23 Championships Kamloops, Canada 1st20,000 m walk 1:29:08.64
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 10th20 km walk 1:24:36
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 2nd20 km walk 1:21:33
World Championships Beijing, China 3rd20 km walk 1:19:57
2016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 5th20 km walk 1:19:55
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 4th20 km walk 1:20:49

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ "2015 WSG profile". Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  2. ↑ Benjamin Thorne at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Bernard, Thorne and White selected to Canada's Universiade team". UBC Thunderbirds. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 11 July 2016.


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