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