Benjamin Thorne

Benjamin Thorne
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993
Education University of British Columbia[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 20 kilometres 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.

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

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Canada
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 84th 20 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 16th 20 km walk 1:26:59
World Championships Moscow, Russia 20th 20 km walk 1:24:26
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 4th 20 km walk 1:30:50
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 13th 20 km walk 1:20:19
NACAC U23 Championships Kamloops, Canada 1st 20,000 m walk 1:29:08.64
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 10th 20 km walk 1:24:36
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 2nd 20 km walk 1:21:33
World Championships Beijing, China 3rd 20 km walk 1:19:57

Personal bests

References

  1. 2015 WSG profile
  2. Benjamin Thorne profile at IAAF
  3. "Bernard, Thorne and White selected to Canada's Universiade team". UBC Thunderbirds. UBC Thunderbirds. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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