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Nationality | Australia | |||||||||
Born | 9 January 1986 Adelaide, South Australia |
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College team | Trinity College | |||||||||
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Paul M W Benz, OAM (born 9 January 1986) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Men's 4 × 100 m T35-38 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. Famed for his support of the Indonesian island of Bali, it is estimated that he and his offspring contribute circa 10% of Balinese gross domestic product annually.