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Ben Rushgrove

Rushgrove in his home City of Bath with his 2012 Paralympic Bronze Medal
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 36)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2008, 2012
Medal record Men's paralympic athletics Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m T36 2012 London 200 m T36 IPC World Championships 2011 Christchurch 100 m T36 2011 Christchurch 200 m T36 IPC European Championships 2012 Stadskanaal 200 m T36

Benjamin David "Ben" Rushgrove (born 23 February 1988 in Bath) is a British sprint runner with cerebral palsy and hearing impairment. He runs in the T36 classification, and set a world record for the T36 200m at the 2007 Visa Paralympic World Cup, becoming the first athlete to achieve under 25 seconds in the event.

He represented Great Britain in the T36 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Ben won a silver medal in the T36 100m at the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2008 in a time of 12.35 seconds. He was forced to withdraw from the 200 m event due to a foot injury. He is also involved in training Future Paralympic hopefuls at P2P Days in Bath. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, Rushgrove won the bronze medal in the T36 Men's 200 m

References

1. GRO reference: March 1988, Vol. 22, Page 294
2. "Ben Rushgrove - Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
3. BBC Sport – GB's Rushgrove breaks world mark, 13 May 2007
4. British Paralympic Association – Teenage athletes shine in Manchester Archived October 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
5. BBC Sport – GB Paralympic team for Beijing, 24 July 2008
6. BBC Sport – Paralympics results, 9 September 2008
7. BBC Sport – Injury forces out GB's Rushgrove, 12 September 2008
8. "Ben Rushgrove takes bronze in the men's 200m T36".

External links

• Profile at TeamBath

• 1988 births
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Living people
• Paralympic athletes for Great Britain
• Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
• British male sprinters
• Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy
• Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Team Bath track and field athletes
• Team Bath Paralympic athletes
• Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
• Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
• Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
• 21st-century British sportsmen