Paul Benz
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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1986 Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | Trinity College, Gawler | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) entry for Mr Paul M W BENZ". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.
- ^ a b Media guide : Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Paul BENZ (SA) Male b. 19 Jan 1986". Results. Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
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