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| London 2012 | Athlete Profile |
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| Ben Offereins |
| Sport |
Athletics |
| Age |
26 |
| Born |
Sydney, WA |
| Experience |
London 2012 |
| Height |
184cm |
| Weight |
76kg |
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- Ben Offereins will make his Olympic debut in London having proved himself as one of the top Australian 400m runners over the past four years with some consistent performances at the Australian and World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
- Performing strongly at a junior level, Offereins competed at his first open Australian Championships in 2005 in the 400m individual event. He showed that he was going to be a force in the sport as he defeated three members of the silver medal winning Australian 4x400m relay team on his way to winning the gold medal.
- He made the Australian 4 x 400m team to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. With a strong performance in the heats, Offereins forced his way into the team to compete in the final as they went on to finish with the bronze medal.
- Winning the 2010 Australian National Championships in 45.17sec, Offereins was selected to compete in the individual 400m and the 4x400 relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He finished 7th overall in the individual event and ran in the heats for the Australian 4 x 400m team that went on to win gold in the final.
- Having finished 2nd at the 2011 Australian Championships he competed in the 4 x 400m heat at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Korea where the team finished 6th in their heat in a time of 2:59.70. He again placed 2nd at the 2012 Australian Championships to confirm his spot on the team. He ran his PB of 44.86 over the 400m in Sydney in early 2010.
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