Ben Pattison

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Ben Pattison
File:2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Men's 800 Metres by Sandro Halank–001.jpg
Pattison 2022 in Munich
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 24)
Frimley, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
800m
ClubBasingstoke & Mid Hants
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 800 m
Representing File:Flag of England.svg 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

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Pattison was educated at Loughborough University.[3] He won a silver medal at the 2019 Under-20 European Championships.[4] 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.[5]

In 2022, he was selected for the men's 800 metres event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,[1][5] where he won a bronze medal.[6]

In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the World Championships in Budapest.[7]

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.[8] Pattison got through to the semi-final in the 800m at the Olympics.[9][10]

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.[11]

Personal life

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Pattison was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome at the age of 18. He had surgery performed during the COVID-19 pandemic which allowed him to continue running.[3]

Personal bests

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Outdoor

Indoor

References

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