Benjamin Treffers (born 15 August 1991)
is an Australian competitive
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
who has participated in the FINA world championships and Commonwealth Games. Treffers is the current Australian Record Holder in the 50m
backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
event Treffers also won the title of 2012 Australian Champion in the 50m
backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
event and is trained by the
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
. Coached by John Fowlie, Treffers won the title of 2011 Australian Champion in the Men's 100m Backstroke event and represented Australia at the 2011 World Championships in
Shanghai
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, having narrowly missed out on a place at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2018, Ben was appointed a brand ambassador for men's active lifestyle wea
SQD Athletica He ha
blogged about his preparationsfor the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Treffers is the son of
Mark Treffers, who won a gold medal swimming for New Zealand at the
1974 British Commonwealth Games
The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1974 TaumÄhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The Games were off ...
, and the nephew of
Lynne Dalzell and
Paul Rowe, who swam internationally for New Zealand and Australia, respectively.
See also
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
50 metre backstroke
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References
External links
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1991 births
Australian male backstroke swimmers
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Living people
People educated at Canberra Grammar School
People from Canberra
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Australian people of New Zealand descent
Universiade medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
Universiade silver medalists for Australia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
21st-century Australian people
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games