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Born in [[Sydney]], Offereins' family moved to [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in 1987. He has been running from a young age, starting out in little athletics and has progressed through to the senior ranks. His first National title came in winning the 200m at the 2003 Under 18 Australian Championships where he also won the silver medal in the 100m.
Born in [[Sydney]], Offereins' family moved to [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in 1987. He has been running from a young age, starting out in little athletics and has progressed through to the senior ranks. His first National title came in winning the 200m at the 2003 Under 18 Australian Championships where he also won the silver medal in the 100m.


He had his first major 400m win the next year at the Under 20 Australian Championships,<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Offereins|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4943.htm |author=Paul Jenes|publisher=Athletics Australia, Australia|accessdate=3 November 2008|date=5 March 2005}}</ref> which earned him a position on the Australian team for the [[IAAF World Junior Championships]], in [[Grosseto]], Italy in July 2004. He participated in the individual 400m as well as the 4 × 400 m relay. In 2005 still as a junior he entered the open [[Australian Championships in Athletics|Australian National Championships]] for the 400m where he won the gold medal defeating 3 members of the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team which won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Offereins|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28762.html |author=Mike Hurst|publisher=IAAF, |accessdate=31 August 2009|date=5 March 2005}}</ref> The next few seasons saw Offereins plagued by injuries until June 2009 when he set a new personal best for the 400m of 45.69s, a World Championships B qualifier, which earned him the final position on the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team for Berlin 2009. Running a sensational third leg during the heat (44.78s) Offereins forced his way into the team for the final where the Australian team of [[John Steffensen]], Ben Offereins, [[Tristan Thomas]], and [[Sean Wroe]], won the bronze medal for Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Offereins|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/stadium-rocks-as-aussies-grab-shock-bronze/2009/08/24/1251001840902.html |author=Dan Silkstone|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald, |accessdate=31 August 2009|date=24 August 2009}}</ref>
He had his first major 400m win the next year at the Under 20 Australian Championships,<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Offereins|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4943.htm|author=Paul Jenes|publisher=Athletics Australia, Australia|accessdate=3 November 2008|date=5 March 2005|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729203052/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4943.htm|archivedate=29 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> which earned him a position on the Australian team for the [[IAAF World Junior Championships]], in [[Grosseto]], Italy in July 2004. He participated in the individual 400m as well as the 4 × 400 m relay. In 2005 still as a junior he entered the open [[Australian Championships in Athletics|Australian National Championships]] for the 400m where he won the gold medal defeating 3 members of the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team which won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Offereins|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28762.html |author=Mike Hurst|publisher=IAAF, |accessdate=31 August 2009|date=5 March 2005}}</ref> The next few seasons saw Offereins plagued by injuries until June 2009 when he set a new personal best for the 400m of 45.69s, a World Championships B qualifier, which earned him the final position on the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team for Berlin 2009. Running a sensational third leg during the heat (44.78s) Offereins forced his way into the team for the final where the Australian team of [[John Steffensen]], Ben Offereins, [[Tristan Thomas]], and [[Sean Wroe]], won the bronze medal for Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Offereins|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/stadium-rocks-as-aussies-grab-shock-bronze/2009/08/24/1251001840902.html |author=Dan Silkstone|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald, |accessdate=31 August 2009|date=24 August 2009}}</ref>


In 2010 Offereins started his season by winning the Australia Cup<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Cup|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/january/victory |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> held in [[Canberra]] in a new PB of 45.32 sec, he then broke his PB again at the Sydney Track Classic<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Track Classic|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55673.html |author=Mike Hurst|publisher=IAAF, |accessdate=27 February 2010|date=27 April 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100405090501/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55673.html| archivedate= 5 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> running 44.86sec<ref>{{cite web|title=Offereins joins elite group to break 45 seconds|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/6869492/offereins-joins-elite-group-to-break-45-seconds/ |author=Gene Stephan|publisher=The West Australian, |accessdate=27 April 2010|date=1 March 2010}}</ref> and becoming only the eighth Australian to break the 45.00 sec barrier and the seventh fastest Australian of all time. He continued his form, winning the [[IAAF World Athletics Tour|IAAF Melbourne Track Classic]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Melbourne Track Classic|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/march/rudisha_steals_the_show_in_mel |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> in 45.73sec, and then the Australian National Championships<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian National Championships|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/april/offereins_on_fire_steff_storm |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> in 45.17 sec. This gained him automatic selection for the individual 400m and the 4x400 relay at the 2010 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Offereins books ticket to Commonwealth Games|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/was-ben-offereins-books-ticket-to-commonwealth-games-in-new-delhi/story-e6frg1wu-1225855017285 |author=Glen Foreman|publisher=The Sunday Times, |accessdate=27 April 2010|date=17 April 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100420081811/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/was-ben-offereins-books-ticket-to-commonwealth-games-in-new-delhi/story-e6frg1wu-1225855017285| archivedate= 20 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> At the [[Athletics Australia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Athlete of the Year Awards|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/april/hooker_samuels_crowned_20091 |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> annual end of season awards night he was named the Male athlete of the year for the 2010 Australian Domestic season.
In 2010 Offereins started his season by winning the Australia Cup<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Cup|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/january/victory |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> held in [[Canberra]] in a new PB of 45.32 sec, he then broke his PB again at the Sydney Track Classic<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Track Classic|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55673.html|author=Mike Hurst|publisher=IAAF,|accessdate=27 February 2010|date=27 April 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405090501/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D55673.html|archivedate=5 April 2010|deadurl=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> running 44.86sec<ref>{{cite web|title=Offereins joins elite group to break 45 seconds|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/6869492/offereins-joins-elite-group-to-break-45-seconds/ |author=Gene Stephan|publisher=The West Australian, |accessdate=27 April 2010|date=1 March 2010}}</ref> and becoming only the eighth Australian to break the 45.00 sec barrier and the seventh fastest Australian of all time. He continued his form, winning the [[IAAF World Athletics Tour|IAAF Melbourne Track Classic]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Melbourne Track Classic|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/march/rudisha_steals_the_show_in_mel |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> in 45.73sec, and then the Australian National Championships<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian National Championships|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/april/offereins_on_fire_steff_storm |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> in 45.17 sec. This gained him automatic selection for the individual 400m and the 4x400 relay at the 2010 [[Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Offereins books ticket to Commonwealth Games|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/was-ben-offereins-books-ticket-to-commonwealth-games-in-new-delhi/story-e6frg1wu-1225855017285 |author=Glen Foreman|publisher=The Sunday Times, |accessdate=27 April 2010|date=17 April 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100420081811/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/was-ben-offereins-books-ticket-to-commonwealth-games-in-new-delhi/story-e6frg1wu-1225855017285| archivedate= 20 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> At the [[Athletics Australia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Athlete of the Year Awards|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/april/hooker_samuels_crowned_20091 |author=Athletics Australia}}</ref> annual end of season awards night he was named the Male athlete of the year for the 2010 Australian Domestic season.


He represented Australia at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], as part of the men's 4 x 400 metre relay team.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ben Offereins Bio, Stats, and Results|url = http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/of/ben-offereins-1.html|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2016-02-06}}</ref>
He represented Australia at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], as part of the men's 4 x 400 metre relay team.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ben Offereins Bio, Stats, and Results|url = http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/of/ben-offereins-1.html|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2016-02-06|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305124247/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/of/ben-offereins-1.html|archivedate = 5 March 2016|df = dmy-all}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Ben Offereins
Offereins (second from the right) after winning the 4 x 400m relay bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38)
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportAthletics
Event4 × 400m Relay
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place Berlin 2009 4x400 m relay

Ben Offereins (born 12 March 1986) is an Australian track & field athlete. He became national 400 m champion and also represented Australia internationally.

Biography

Born in Sydney, Offereins' family moved to Perth in 1987. He has been running from a young age, starting out in little athletics and has progressed through to the senior ranks. His first National title came in winning the 200m at the 2003 Under 18 Australian Championships where he also won the silver medal in the 100m.

He had his first major 400m win the next year at the Under 20 Australian Championships,[1] which earned him a position on the Australian team for the IAAF World Junior Championships, in Grosseto, Italy in July 2004. He participated in the individual 400m as well as the 4 × 400 m relay. In 2005 still as a junior he entered the open Australian National Championships for the 400m where he won the gold medal defeating 3 members of the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team which won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[2] The next few seasons saw Offereins plagued by injuries until June 2009 when he set a new personal best for the 400m of 45.69s, a World Championships B qualifier, which earned him the final position on the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team for Berlin 2009. Running a sensational third leg during the heat (44.78s) Offereins forced his way into the team for the final where the Australian team of John Steffensen, Ben Offereins, Tristan Thomas, and Sean Wroe, won the bronze medal for Australia.[3]

In 2010 Offereins started his season by winning the Australia Cup[4] held in Canberra in a new PB of 45.32 sec, he then broke his PB again at the Sydney Track Classic[5] running 44.86sec[6] and becoming only the eighth Australian to break the 45.00 sec barrier and the seventh fastest Australian of all time. He continued his form, winning the IAAF Melbourne Track Classic[7] in 45.73sec, and then the Australian National Championships[8] in 45.17 sec. This gained him automatic selection for the individual 400m and the 4x400 relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.[9] At the Athletics Australia[10] annual end of season awards night he was named the Male athlete of the year for the 2010 Australian Domestic season.

He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as part of the men's 4 x 400 metre relay team.[11]

References

  1. ^ Paul Jenes (5 March 2005). "Ben Offereins". Athletics Australia, Australia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Mike Hurst (5 March 2005). "Ben Offereins". IAAF,. Retrieved 31 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ Dan Silkstone (24 August 2009). "Ben Offereins". The Sydney Morning Herald,. Retrieved 31 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ Athletics Australia. "Australia Cup".
  5. ^ Mike Hurst (27 April 2010). "Sydney Track Classic". IAAF,. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. ^ Gene Stephan (1 March 2010). "Offereins joins elite group to break 45 seconds". The West Australian,. Retrieved 27 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ Athletics Australia. "IAAF Melbourne Track Classic".
  8. ^ Athletics Australia. "Australian National Championships".
  9. ^ Glen Foreman (17 April 2010). "Offereins books ticket to Commonwealth Games". The Sunday Times,. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  10. ^ Athletics Australia. "Athlete of the Year Awards".
  11. ^ "Ben Offereins Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)


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