Ben St Lawrence represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 5000m and 10,000m and the 2011 World Championships in 5000m. The Sydneysider set the Australian record for the 10,000m in May 2001, on the first day of the qualification period for the London Olympics.
At the age of 30, St. Lawrence made his Olympic debut in 2012 where he finished 20th in the 10,000m final in London in front of a parochial British crowd as Mo Farah claimed gold.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
