Benjamin Thorne

Benjamin Thorne

Ben Thorne at the 2015 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	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
Medal record Representing  Canada World Championships 2015 Beijing 20 km walk Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 20 km walk NACAC Under-23 Championships 2014 Kamloops 20 km 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]

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.^[4]

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

• 10,000 metres walk – 40:26.0 (Calgary 2012)
• 10 kilometres walk – 42:34 (Saransk 2012)
• 20 kilometres walk – 1:19:55 (Rome 2016)

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.
4. Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.