William Benson (born 11 December 1987 in
Hastings
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east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
) is a New Zealand swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and fly events. He represented New Zealand at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, and competed as part of the men's national swimming team for the
men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Benson joined the team, along with compatriots
Cameron Gibson
Cameron Michael "Cam" Gibson (born 14 August 1982 in Auckland) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...
,
Mark Herring
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, and
Orinoco Faamausili-Banse, and swam in the third leg of the competition, with an individual split time of 48.65 seconds. He and his swimming team placed sixth in the first heat, and eleventh overall, for a total time of 3:15.41.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile*
Profile – Magic Swimming Academy
New Zealand male swimmers
Living people
Olympic swimmers of New Zealand
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand
New Zealand male freestyle swimmers
1987 births
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