Ben Popham
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S8 SB7, SM8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Arena Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Simon Redmond | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ben Popham (born 4 September 2000) is an Australian paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships. He has been selected for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]
Personal
Popham was born on 4 September 2000. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant.[2] He lives in Perth. In 2019, he commenced Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University.[2]
Swimming career
He commenced swimming as a seven year old as part of his physical therapy program for cerebral palsy.[2] Popham made his international debut when he Australia at the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships in Cairns and won the Men’s 100m Freestyle S8 and was a member of the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34 points) team.[3]
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, he won a silver medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle S8 and bronze medals in the Men's 50m Freestyle S8 and Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle 34 points.[4]
Recognition
- 2018 - ‘AIS Discovery of the Year’ at Swimming Australia Awards.[2]
- 2019 - Curtin University Sportsman of the Year [5]
- 2019 - Western Australian Swimming Multi-Class Swimmer of the Year[6]
References
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d Rifici, Victoria (17 January 2019). "Ben Popham (18) finalist for WA Sports Star award after 2018 international swimming feat". Western Suburbs Weekly. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Ben Popham". Swimming Australia website. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ben Popham results". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships results. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ben Popham and Zoe Arancini win Curtin University Sports Awards". Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Holly Barratt Named Western Aaustralia's Swimmer of the year". SwimSwam. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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External links
- Ben Popham at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Ben Popham at Paralympics Australia
- Ben Popham at the International Paralympic Committee
