Benjamin Hance Explained

Benjamin Hance
Nationality:Australian
Country:Australia
Disability Class:S14
Club:St. Andrews
Coach:Ashley Delaney

Benjamin "Ben" Hance (born 25 July 2000) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold and bronze medal.[1] He has a been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. [2]

Swimming career

He is classified as a S14 swimmer. In 2021, Hance holds the world record for the Men's 100 m Backstroke (S14) by swimming a time of 58.88 (1019 points) at the 2021 Australian Multi-Class Swimming Championships .[3]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Hance won the gold medal in the Men's 100 m backstroke S14 with a personal best time of 57.73. He also won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m butterfly S14 with a time of 56.90, less than 2 seconds behind the winner, Gabriel Bandeira from Brazil.[4]

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira,[5] Hance won four medals - gold in the Men's 100m Backstroke S14, silver in Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay S14 and Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay S14 and bronze in the Men's 200 m Freestyle S14 In the medley he teamed up with Madeleine McTernan, Ricky Betar, and Ruby Storm.[6] They won the silver medal with a time of 3:46.38, just under 6 seconds behind the winners, Great Britain, who set a world record.[7] He did not medal in two other events.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in the 200 m freestyle S14. [8] At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, Manchester, England, he won four medals - 2 gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

In 2023, Hance is coached by Ashley Delaney at St Andrews on the Sunshine Coast. He was previously coached by Nathan Doyle.[9]

Recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 June 2021. Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo. live. 17 June 2021. Paralympics Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616114345/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/06/paralympics-australia-names-powerful-para-swimming-team-for-tokyo/ . 16 June 2021 .
  2. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Paralympics Australia Names Swimming Team For Paris 2024 Games . 15 June 2024 . Paralympics Australia.
  3. Web site: Ben Hance. live. 5 August 2021. Swimming Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805071333/https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/ben-hance . 5 August 2021 .
  4. Web site: Benjamin Hance Results. live. 25 August 2021. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825104751/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1713841-hance-benjamin-james.htm . 25 August 2021 .
  5. Web site: Grant Patterson . 27 June 2022 . 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.
  6. Web site: Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-07-24 . The Roar . en-US.
  7. Web site: 7 July 2022 . New Trio Of Dolphins Completes Prestigious Commonwealth Games Pod . 7 July 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  8. Web site: 7 July 2022 . New Trio Of Dolphins Completes Prestigious Commonwealth Games Pod . 7 July 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  9. Web site: 2022-06-30 . Benjamin Hance Results Commonwealth Games Australia . 2024-06-16 . commonwealthgames.com.au . en-AU.
  10. Web site: 12 February 2022. Historic Tokyo success celebrated in style. 14 February 2022. Swimming Australia.
  11. Web site: Australia Day 2022 Honours List. 26 January 2022. Governor-General of Australia.

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