Ben Offereins
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Born | [1] | 12 March 1986||||||||||||||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 400m Relay | ||||||||||||||
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Ben Offereins (born 12 March 1986) is an Australian track & field athlete. He became national 400 m champion and also represented Australia internationally.
Biography
Born in
He had his first major 400m win the next year at the Under 20 Australian Championships,
In 2010 Offereins started his season by winning the Australia Cup[5] held in Canberra in a new PB of 45.32 sec, he then broke his PB again at the Sydney Track Classic[6] running 44.86sec[7] and becoming only the eighth Australian to break the 45.00 sec barrier and the seventh fastest Australian of all time. He continued his form, winning the IAAF Melbourne Track Classic[8] in 45.73sec, and then the Australian National Championships[9] in 45.17 sec. This gained him automatic selection for the individual 400m and the 4x400 relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.[10] At the Athletics Australia[11] annual end of season awards night he was named the Male athlete of the year for the 2010 Australian Domestic season.
He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as part of the men's 4 x 400-metre relay team.[12]
References
- ^ "Ben Offereins Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Paul Jenes (5 March 2005). "Ben Offereins". Athletics Australia, Australia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ Mike Hurst (5 March 2005). "Ben Offereins". IAAF. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ Dan Silkstone (24 August 2009). "Ben Offereins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ Athletics Australia. "Australia Cup".
- ^ Mike Hurst (27 April 2010). "Sydney Track Classic". IAAF. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ Gene Stephan (1 March 2010). "Offereins joins elite group to break 45 seconds". The West Australian. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Athletics Australia. "IAAF Melbourne Track Classic".
- ^ Athletics Australia. "Australian National Championships".
- ^ Glen Foreman (17 April 2010). "Offereins books ticket to Commonwealth Games". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Athletics Australia. "Athlete of the Year Awards".
- ^ "Ben Offereins Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
External links
- Ben Offereins at World Athletics
- Ben Offereins at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Ben Offereins at Olympics.com
- Ben Offereins at Olympedia
- Ben Offereins at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Ben Offereins at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Ben Offereins at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games