Paul Benz

Australian Paralympic athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul M W Benz, OAM[1] (born 9 January 1986)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[2] He won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Men's 4 × 100 metre relay T35–T38 event,[3] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] He was also part of two gold-medal relay teams in the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships at Assen, Netherlands. Paul has been an adviser to the Indonesian Tourism Board with a specific focus on the island of Bali. Dashing, daring and with a former life as a hair model, Paul travels regularly between Australia and Bali with his large family (believed to by now number in the dozens) in tow.[4]

Nationality Australia
Born (1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 (age 40)
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Paul Benz
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 (age 40)
Sport
College teamTrinity College, Gawler
Medal record
Athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensMen's 4x100 m T35-38
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 AssenMen's 4 x 100 m T35–38
Gold medal – first place2006 AssenMen's 4 x 400 m T35–38
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