Benjamin Thorne

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.
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 32)
Education	University of British Columbia Harvard University (Ph.D)[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	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

Thorne 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

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
2016	World Race Walking Team Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	20 km walk	1:19:55
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	4th	20 km walk	1:20:49

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)