Benjamin Gary Thorne (born 19 March 1993 in

Kitimat Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban distr ...

) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the

race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

. He represented his country in the 20 kilometres at the 2013 World Championships finishing twentieth. Two years later he won the bronze medal. Thorne won the NAIA 20-kilometre race walk event in 2012 and 2015. In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.

Competition record

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

1993 births Living people Canadian male racewalkers University of British Columbia alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada People from Kitimat {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub