Benjamin Pritchard

Rowing

Region

Mumbles, Swansea
Date of Birth

15/03/1992
Classification

PR1 M1x

After only taking up rowing in late 2016, Benjamin Pritchard has had a phenomenal rise to the international stage.

A former cyclist and triathlete, Pritchard became paralysed from the waist down after a cycling crash in September 2016. He first took up indoor rowing during his rehab at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and was quickly spotted by British Rowing staff, joining the Para development squad in 2017.

Pritchard made his international debut for the GB Rowing Team in 2019, claiming two bronze medals at the Gavirate International Regatta, before winning bronze at World Cup II in Poznan on his World Cup debut.

He was then selected to represent Great Britain as the PR1 men’s single sculler at the 2019 World Championships where he finished just one second outside of the medals in fourth.

Pritchard won silver at the 2021 Varese European Championships and at his debut Paralympics in Tokyo, he finished fifth in the PR1 single sculls.

A successful year of medals followed in 2022, where he claimed a silver medal at the World Cup in Belgrade before securing two bronze medals in the European Championships in Munich and on the World stage in the Czech Republic.

He returned to form at the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, where he claimed another bronze.

Major Results

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Men’s single sculls PR1: 5th

**2023 World Rowing Championships, Belgrade, Serbia **

Men’s single sculls PR1: Bronze

2022 World Rowing Championships, Racice, Czech Republic

Men’s single sculls PR1: Bronze

2022 World Rowing European Championships, Munich, Germany

Men’s single sculls PR1: Bronze

2021 World Rowing European Championships, Varese, Italy

Men’s single sculls PR1: Silver

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