Benjamin Gary Thorne (born 19 March 1993 in Kitimat) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the race walking. 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 Representing 2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia84th20 km walk1:31:26World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain –20 km walkDQ2013Pan American Race Walking CupGuatemala City, Guatemala –20 km walkDNFUniversiadeKazan, Russia16th20 km walk1:26:59World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia20th20 km walk1:24:26Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France4th20 km walk1:30:502014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China13th20 km walk1:20:19NACAC U23 ChampionshipsKamloops, Canada1st20,000 m walk1:29:08.642015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile10th20 km walk1:24:36UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea2nd20 km walk1:21:33World Championships Beijing, China3rd20 km walk1:19:572016World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsRome, Italy5th20 km walk1:19:552018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia4th20 km walk1:20:49
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)
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