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.
Benjamin Thorne
Ben Thorne at the 2015 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala.
benjamin, thorne, benjamin, gary, thorne, born, march, 1993, kitimat, canadian, athlete, specialising, race, walking, represented, country, kilometres, 2013, world, championships, finishing, twentieth, years, later, bronze, medal, thorne, 2015, naia, outdoor, . 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 Benjamin ThorneBen Thorne at the 2015 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Gulf Shores Ala Personal informationNationalityCanadianBorn 1993 03 19 19 March 1993 age 29 EducationUniversity of British Columbia Harvard University Ph D 2018 present 1 Height1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight57 kg 126 lb SportSportTrack and fieldEvent s 20 kilometres walkMedal record Representing CanadaWorld Championships2015 Beijing 20 km walkSummer Universiade2015 Gwangju 20 km walkNACAC Under 23 Championships2014 Kamloops 20 km walkThorne 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 EditYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting Canada2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk Russia 84th 20 km walk 1 31 26World Junior Championships Barcelona Spain 20 km walk DQ2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City Guatemala 20 km walk DNFUniversiade Kazan Russia 16th 20 km walk 1 26 59World Championships Moscow Russia 20th 20 km walk 1 24 26Jeux de la Francophonie Nice France 4th 20 km walk 1 30 502014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang China 13th 20 km walk 1 20 19NACAC U23 Championships Kamloops Canada 1st 20 000 m walk 1 29 08 642015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica Chile 10th 20 km walk 1 24 36Universiade Gwangju South Korea 2nd 20 km walk 1 21 33World Championships Beijing China 3rd 20 km walk 1 19 572016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome Italy 5th 20 km walk 1 19 552018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast Australia 4th 20 km walk 1 20 49Personal bests Edit10 000 metres walk 40 26 0 Calgary 2012 10 kilometres walk 42 34 Saransk 2012 20 kilometres walk 1 19 55 Rome 2016 References Edit 2015 WSG profile Archived from the original on 2015 09 20 Retrieved 2015 07 31 Benjamin Thorne at World Athletics Bernard Thorne and White selected to Canada s Universiade team UBC Thunderbirds UBC Thunderbirds Retrieved 20 January 2016 Hossain Asif 11 July 2016 Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio Canadian Olympic Committee Retrieved 11 July 2016 This biographical article relating to Canadian athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benjamin Thorne amp oldid 1117443400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
