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Ben Dodwell

Mercantile Rowing Club (VIC)

1989 – Wilkinson Cup – First

1990 – Interstate Men’s Youth Eight Championship five seat – First

1992 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship two seat – First

1992 – Olympic Games – Men’s Eight five seat – Fifth

1993 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship six seat – First

1993 – World Championships – Men’s Eight five seat – Fourth

1993 – National Championships Men’s Pair – First

1994 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship four seat – First

1994 – World Championships – Men’s Coxless Four stroke – Eleventh

1995 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship four seat – First

1995 – World Championships – Men’s Eight six seat – Eleventh

1996 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship four seat – First

1996 – Olympic Games – Men’s Eight six seat – Sixth

1998 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship three seat – First

1998 – World Championships – Men’s Coxless Four three seat – Fourth

1999 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship three seat – Second

1999 – World Championships – Men’s Coxless Four three seat – Silver

2000 – Interstate Men’s Eight Championship – First

2000 – Olympic Games – Men’s Coxless Four two seat – Bronze

2010 – Inducted into the Victorian Rowing Hall of Fame.

1996 Olympic Eight with Ben in the six seat

Ben commenced rowing at Melbourne Grammar School where he rowed in their first crew in 1988. He then had a dramatic rise to become a key seat rower in the 1992 Olympic eight. In his first year of senior rowing in 1992, he teamed up with Peter Murphy to finish third in the pair races with the first two placings going to the members of the Oarsome Foursome. He won the pair in 1993. He was one of the strongest oarsmen Victoria ever produced.

Andrew Guerin 2010

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