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Born | 26 September 1994 [1] Toulon, France [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | French Polynesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Zorgnotti (born 26 September 1994) is a French Polynesian triathlete and Long-distance runner who has represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games and Pacific Mini Games.
Zorgnotti was born in Toulon in France and trained in engineering. [1] He has been doing triathlon since he was six years old. [2] [3] He worked for Airbus in Toulouse before focusing on triathlon full-time. [1] [4]
At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby he won silver. [5] At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia he won gold in the triathlon and aquathon. [6] [7] In June 2022 he came 12th in the Africa Triathlon Cup. [8] At the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan he won gold in the 5000 metres, half-marathon, triathlon, and aquathon. [9] [10]
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