Benjamin Donnelly
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Born | Ajax, Ontario, Canada | August 22, 1996||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 35.87=500 m 1.09:69=1,000 m 1.45:10=1,500 m 3.45:45=3,000 m 6.16.60=5,000 m[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Donnelly (born August 22, 1996) is a Canadian speed skater.[2] Donnelly was born in Ajax, but his hometown is the neighbouring city of Oshawa.[2]
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]During the 2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships held in Changchun, China, Donnelly won 5 medals (three gold). Donnelly won two individual gold medals, a silver in the team pursuit and 1500m and the overall title.[3]
2018 Winter Olympics
[edit]In January 2018, Donnelly was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Benjamin Donnelly Speed skating results
- ^ a b "Ben Donnelly | Team Canada - Official 2018 Olympic Team Website". olympic.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Ben Donnelly is crowned 2016 World Junior Champion". www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Harrison, Doug (10 January 2018). "Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin front Canada's Olympic long track team". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Spencer, Donna (10 January 2018). "Speed skater Denny Morrison and 'guardian angel' wife both headed to Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018". www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.