Ben Turner (weightlifter)
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 Ben Turner in 2006. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Benjamin Alexander Turner | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 1984 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | –69/77kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cougars Weightlifting Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ben Turner (born 23 January 1984 in Brisbane) is an Australian weightlifter best known for his performances at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won the gold medal in the 69 kg category,[1] and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, where he won Silver in the 77 kg category. Turner is also a coach.
References
[edit]- ^ "Turner wins weightlifting gold". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
External links
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- 1984 births
- Weightlifters from Brisbane
- Australian male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Queensland
- People educated at Iona College Brisbane