Benjamin's Story
1972 -
Ben Dodwell joined with James and Geoff Stewart and Bo Hanson to finish a creditable third behind the brilliant British crew of Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell, Steve Redgrave and Tim Foster and Italy at Sydney 2000. The win gave Redgrave his fifth gold medal at consecutive Olympic Games. The same Australian crew had finished second at the 1999 world championships.
Dodwell competed in the eights at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, finishing fifth and sixth respectively.