Ben Pattison

Ben Pattison
Pattison 2022 in Munich
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 23)
Frimley, United Kingdom
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800m
ClubBasingstoke & Mid Hants
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 800 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 800 m

Ben Pattison (born 15 December 2001) is a British middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.[1][2] Representing Great Britain in the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 800 metres, mirroring the medal he won for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Biography

Pattison was educated at Loughborough University[3] won a silver medal at the 2019 Under-20 European Championships. He finished fourth at the 2021 European U23 Championships and in 2022 recorded a personal best of 1.44.6 becoming the second fastest British runner that year.[4]

In 2022, he was selected for the men's 800 metres event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,[1][4] where he won a bronze medal.[5]

In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the World Championships in Budapest.[6]

After winning the 800m gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Pattison was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7] Pattison got through to the semi-final in the 800m at the Olympics.[8]

Pattison moved up to second place on the British all-time 800 metres list when he clocked a new personal best of 1:42.27 to finish fifth at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco on 12 July 2024.[9]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ^ a b c "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Ben Pattison profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Athlete profile". The Power of 10. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ Final results
  6. ^ Ingle, Sean (26 August 2023). "Ben Pattison overcomes heart condition to claim world 800m bronze | World Athletics Championships | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ^ Sajan, Kiran (9 August 2024). "Ben Pattison's Olympic medal dreams dashed with semi-final defeat". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Pattison goes second on British 800m all-time list". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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