Ben Sandford
New Zealand Olympian: 991
Biography
Ben comes from some impressive skeleton stock. His uncle, Bruce is a former world champion in the discipline before it became an Olympic sport. Turin will be Ben’s first Olympic Games
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Fast facts
- Sport
- Skeleton
- Birth place
- Rotorua
- Born
- 1979
- Height
- 197cm
Olympic Winter GamesSochi 2014
Skeleton(Individual - Men)
- Performance: 3:51.21
- Result: 20
- Placed: 20 of 27
Olympic Winter GamesVancouver 2010
Skeleton(Individual - Men)
- Performance: 53.26
- Result: 16
- Placed: 11 of 28
- Diff: +0.90
- 144.6 km/h
Olympic Winter GamesTorino 2006
Skeleton(Individual - Men)
- Performance: 1:57.76
- Result: 10th
- Placed: 10 of 27