National Team: Junior
DOB:
Hometown: Melbourne, VIC
Club: Melbourne Canoe Club
Coach: Warwick Draper
Fav Discipline: C1
- What age did you start paddling? I started paddling when I was 12 years old.
- How did you get into paddling? I started with the Ivanhoe Grammar year Seven
kayak program run by the school, where we did a couple of flatwater sessions
before hopping straight onto the Goulburn River. I started because I had heard
about the program before I started the year and thought it would be a cool
outdoor activity. Evidently it was. - What has been your biggest accomplishment in the sport so far? Being selected for my first Australian Junior Team this year in 2020.
- Tell us something we might not know about you: Apart from kayaking I
like to play my cricket, and I’m part of the First IX team at my school, along with also doing Debating which I enjoy. Contrary to popular belief I do also paddle K1, where my greatest career achievement was sharing the U18 podium with Declan and George Lazenby at the 2020 Age Nationals at the Mersey.
Instagram: @ben.r055
