Born 4 March 1979 in Taumarunui, is New Zealand's top flatwater canoer.
Paddling for 8 years, Ben's base behind his sharp performance on the world stage, came from training the Whanganui River near his home town of Taumarunui. His feel for the kayak and technical skills were honed after work and on weekends as he took advantage of every spare hour. Sometimes to the extent that he trained the river at night, with fog setting in and glasses left on the dash of his car. As if that wasn't a big enough challenge Ben soon mastered paddling the tricky grade two river down stream and back up the rapids in his six meter tippy racing kayak.Once the dedication set in the rewards were soon to follow. Securing the fastest paddles for teams at multisport races like the Crater to Lake, Tongariro MT Classic, Motu Challenge & Monty's Revenge, Ben then started to display talent in marathon white water races winning the Whanganui Descent and Waimakariri Classic.
AGE
27
LIVES
New Zealand
KEY CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
2003 -
individual kayak (K1) 1000m World Champion at Gainesville, USA
2004 -
Silver Medal in the K1 1000m at Summer Olympics
2005 -
Bronze Medal at the World Marathon Championships in Perth
First World Cup, posted fastest official time ever in the K-1 1000m at 3 minutes and 24.4 seconds beating Eirik Veras Larsen's record.
2006 -
Bronze Medal in the K1 1000m at the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
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