Benjamin Pritchard (rower)
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| Born | 15 March 1992 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | PR1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Pritchard (born 15 March 1992) is a British para-rower.[1][2][3] He won the gold medal in the men's PR1 single sculls at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[4] Pritchard also won gold at the 2025 European Rowing Championships, setting a world record in the process.[5]
Previously he won bronze medals at the 2022 European Rowing Championships[6] and 2022 World Rowing Championships.[7]
Pritchard also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, finishing in fifth place.[8]
References
- ^ Dell, Chloe (18 October 2019). "Benjamin Pritchard: Para-rower goes full-time for Paralympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ White, Peter (4 July 2021). "Having 'hated' rowing, rower Ben Pritchard is off to the Paralympics". The National. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ McQuarrie, Alec (21 September 2022). "Unity is strength for emotional British rowing squad after Queen's death". The Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Gold for Swansea Rowing ace Ben Pritchard at the Paris Paralympics". Swansea Bay News. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Pritchard wins Euros gold with another world record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Pritchard storms into final at the World Rowing Championships". SportsBeat. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022 – via Yahoo! Sports.
- ^ "Benjamin Pritchard". British Rowing. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Bennett, Charlie (29 August 2021). "Swansea's Ben Pritchard reveals the reason he missed out on a Paralympic medal at Tokyo 2020". WalesOnline. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
External links
- Benjamin Pritchard at World Rowing
- Benjamin Pritchard at British Rowing
- Benjamin Pritchard at ParalympicsGB
- Benjamin Pritchard at the International Paralympic Committee
- Benjamin Pritchard at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (archived, alternate link)
- Ben Pritchard PLY on Instagram