Ben St Lawrence

Ben St Lawrence
	Ben St Lawrence (in yellow) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	7 November 1981 (age 42); Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	5,000 metres; 10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5,000 metres: 13:10.08; 10,000 metres: 27:24.95

Ben St Lawrence (born 7 November 1981) is an Australian long-distance runner who specialises in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.^[2] He is the former Australian and Oceanian record holder in the 10,000 metres.^[3] St Lawrence competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[4] St Lawrence qualified for the 10,000 metres in both instances.^[4] He has also qualified for two World Championships, two World Cross Country Championships and two Commonwealth Games.^[5]

^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "St Lawrence / Profile". IAAF. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ Gordon, Ed (2 May 2011). "Karoki and Kipyego Clock 10,000m World Leads in Palo Alto". IAAF. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b "Ben St Lawrence / AUS Team / Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Ben St Lawrence". athhistory.imgstg.com. Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.