Ben Preisner
- Outdoor
- 3000 m: 8:30.35 (Mississauga 2014)
- 5000 m: 14:04.94 (Des Moines, Iowa 2017)
- 3000 m s’chase: 8:49.44 (Palo Alto, CA 2017)
- 10,000 m: 29:08.17 (Palo Alto, California 2018)
- 10-mile run: 48:18 (Hamilton, Ontario 2019)
- Marathon: 2:08:58 (Ōita Prefecture 2024)
Ben Preisner (born 22 March 1996 in Oakville, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian long-distance runner.[2]
He competed at the collegiate level for the University of Tulsa where he studied chemical engineering.[3]
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[1][4] He finished in 77th place.[4]
Following delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Preisner ran 2:10:17 in his debut marathon in the Marathon Project 2020 in Chandler, Arizona, over a minute faster than the Olympic standard of 2:11:30.[5] As a result, he was nominated to represent Canada in the marathon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] Competing in Tokyo, he ran a time of 2:19:27 to finish in forty-sixth place, the highest placement among the three Canadian competitors.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Ben Preisner". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Benjamin Preisner". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Ben Preisner - Track and Field". University of Tulsa Athletics. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Harrison, Doug (20 December 2020). "'Smart decisions' propel top Canadian Ben Preisner to Olympic standard in marathon debut". CBC Sports. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics Canada announces Olympic marathon teams". Canadian Running Magazine. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (7 August 2021). "Preisner top Canadian in Olympic men's marathon". The Sports Network. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
External links
- Ben Preisner at World Athletics
- Ben Preisner at Olympedia
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