Ben Fawcett

There's no such thing as boundaries only limits that get pushed further and further

Personal Details

Home town:: Coimadai
Occupation / Area of Study / Work:: Admin
Hero / Most Admired Athlete:: Travis Pastrana
Date of birth:: 31 December 1990

Sporting Details

Home Club:

Victoria Protect Thunder & Box Hill

Classification:

0.5

Disability:

Physical Impairment – Quadriplegia

Olympic / Paralympic History:

2020, Tokyo Paralympics

2016, Rio Paralympic Games, Gold

World Championships History:

2018, Sydney IWRF World Championship, Silver

2022, Denmark IWRF World Championship, Gold

Sporting Highlights:

Rio Paralympics & World Championship in Denmark where we won gold.

Ben in the News

VIS athletes and staff cook for a cause

April 12, 2023

On Tuesday VIS athletes participated in OzHarvest ‘Cooking for a Cause’ at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition centre.

It’s Go Time in Tokyo: Paralympics Preview

August 25, 2021

After having to overcome so much adversity, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are finally here! Our Paralympians serve to remind us that anything is possible.

A decade of achievement for the VIS

January 1, 2020

As we set our sights to 2020 and a new decade, the Victorian Institute of Sport reflects on the magic moments, history makers and highlights from Victoria’s best athletes across the previous ten years.

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The Victorian Institute of Sport acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and work on, the people of the Kulin Nation and recognise their continuing connection to this land and waterways. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.