About Ben Rushgrove
Born 1988. Ben Rushgrove is a British athletics competitor.
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
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Who is Ben Rushgrove?
British athlete
When was Ben Rushgrove born?
Ben Rushgrove was born on 23 February 1988.
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Ben Rushgrove is an athletics competitor.
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Ben Rushgrove is British.
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