Benn Harradine

Benn Harradine

Personal information
Born	14 October 1982[1] Newcastle, New South Wales[1]
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Updated on 12 August 2012.

Benn Harradine (born 14 October 1982 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian discus thrower^[2] who was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Harradine made the final of the discus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he finished eighth. Since then he has broken the Australian record three times, his current personal best being 68.20 metres thrown in Townsville in May 2013.

He is a proud indigenous athlete from the Wotjobaluk tribe in the Wimmera district of Victoria. He cites land rights activist Vincent Lingiari as one of the people he admires. He is recognized in the Australian Olympic Committee list of Australian Indigenous Olympians.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Australia
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	8th	58.87 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	31st	58.55 m
2010	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	2nd	66.45 m[4]
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	1st	65.45 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	64.77 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	9th	63.59 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th	59.68 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	61.91 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th	62.05 m

References

1. "Athlete profile: Benn Harradine". The Newcastle Herald (Fairfax Media). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
2. Benn Harradine profile at IAAF
3. "Australian Indigenous Olympians" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
4. Representing Asia-Pacific

• Australian Olympic Committee profile