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Benn Harradine (born 14 October 1982) is a retired Australian discus thrower who competed at three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 2008.

Harradine made the final of the discus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he finished eighth.

He went on to win the 2010 Commonwealth title.

Peter Harradine is far from putting his feet up but his son, Michael, the leading UAE amateur has decided it's time to hang up the clubs and give his father a.

Benn Harradine​​ Benn is a proud Watjabaluk and Wergia man and the first Indigenous man to represent Australia in a field event, along with being.

Queenslander Benn Harradine has announced his return competitive athletics in unbelievable fashion by smashing his own Oceania and Australian record in the men.

The Shaikh Rashid Trophy winner, who beats Daniel Hendry by four strokes, is the son of the architect of Jebel Ali golf course.

Benn Harradine, Australia's first Aboriginal field event athlete and the first Aboriginal field athlete to represent Australia at an Olympic.

His 5th-place finish at the 2011 World Championships is the best ever finish by an Australian man in the event. He announced his retirement after the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast where he finished sixth.

He has broken the Australian record three times, his personal best being 68.20 metres thrown in Townsville in May 2013.

He is an indigenous athlete from the Wotjobaluk tribe in the Wimmera district of Victoria.

He cites land rights activist Vincent Lingiari as one of the people he admires. He is recognized in the Australian Olympic Committee list of Australian Indigenous Olympians.

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