Benjamin Canham (born 28 June 1997) is an Australian representative rower. He was an U23 world champion in 2019 and has also represented at senior World Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.

Club and state rowing

Canham was educated at

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in Melbourne where he took up rowing. His Australian senior club rowing has been from the

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in Melbourne. He first made state selection for Victoria in the 2017 men's youth eight which contested the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2021 he moved into the Victorian senior men's eight which contested and won the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta. Canham also raced in the 2022 and 2023 Victorian King's Cup eights.

International representative rowing

Canham made his Australian representative debut in a coxed four at the 2019

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in Sarasota Florida. That crew led their final from start to finish and were crowned as world champions.Canham at World Rowing
/ref> Canham was selected in the Australian team for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships. He rowed in the three seat of the Australian men's eight to silver medal placings at both of the World Rowing Cups in 2022. At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, Canham rowed in the four seat of the eight. The crew won through their repechage to make the A final where they raced to a third place and a World Championship bronze medal. In March 2023 Canham was again selected in the Australian senior men's sweep-oar squad for the 2023 international season.2023 Australian Squad announcement
/ref> At the Rowing World Cup II in Varese Italy, Canham raced in the Australian men's eight. In the final after a slow start they rowed through most of the field and took second place and a silver medal. At 2023's RWC III in Lucerne, Canham again rowed in the Australian men's eight. In the final they rowed stroke for stroke with their fancied Great Britain rivals but then moved away at the 1000m mark and held on for a gold medal victory. For the

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in Belgrade Serbia, the Australian men's eight was left unchanged and Holt again raced in the three seat. They won their heat powering past the USA eight who had headed them at the 1000m mark. In the A final Australia and Great Britain traded the lead over the first 1000m, but beyond that point the result mirrored that of 2022 with Great Britain exerting dominance by the 1500m, fighting off a fast finishing Dutch eight who took silver and leaving the Australians with the bronze for the second successive year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canham, Ben 1997 births Living people Australian male rowers People educated at Brighton Grammar School World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen Rowers from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Australia