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Full name | Benjamin Treffers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Ben" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
15 August 1991 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burley Griffin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | John Fowlie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin Treffers (born 15 August 1991) is an Australian competitive swimmer who has participated in the FINA world championships and Commonwealth Games. Treffers is the current Commonwealth Champion, Australian Champion and Australian Record Holder in the 50m backstroke event Treffers also won the title of 2012 Australian Champion in the 50m backstroke event and is trained by the Australian Institute of Sport. Coached by John Fowlie, Treffers won the title of 2011 Australian Champion in the Men's 100m Backstroke event and represented Australia at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, having narrowly missed out on a place at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.