{"id":9292,"date":"2013-06-21T12:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/benjamin-russell-2\/"},"modified":"2016-04-14T15:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T19:07:50","slug":"benjamin-russell","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/benjamin-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?quality=100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-103209 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=246\" alt=\"Ben Russell\" width=\"138\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg 1632w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?resize=105,158 105w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?resize=246,371 246w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?resize=768,1160 768w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?resize=499,754 499w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?resize=1017,1536 1017w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/ben-russell.jpg?resize=1356,2048 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a>Benjamin Russell aspire \u00e0 participer aux Jeux olympiques depuis qu\u2019il est enfant parce qu\u2019il a grandi au bord du lac Banook o\u00f9 ont eu lieu plusieurs Championnats du monde de cano\u00eb-kayak auxquels il a assist\u00e9 en 1997 et particip\u00e9 en 2009. En 2007, il a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille de bronze de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du C-1 1000\u00a0m des Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de Rio. En 2008, il a vu son fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9 Andrew participer aux \u00e9preuves de C-2 des Jeux olympiques avec Gabriel Beauchesne-S\u00e9vigny. En 2012, il a rivalis\u00e9 avec le futur m\u00e9daill\u00e9 olympique de bronze, Mark Oldershaw, pour l\u2019unique place qualificative du Canada pour les Jeux de Londres, allant m\u00eame jusqu\u2019\u00e0 partager le podium de la premi\u00e8re Coupe du monde de l\u2019ann\u00e9e avant de c\u00e9der sa place. Depuis, il conna\u00eet beaucoup de succ\u00e8s en C-2 1000\u00a0m avec Gabriel Beauchesne-S\u00e9vigny. Le duo a m\u00eame gagn\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille d\u2019or en Coupe du monde en 2013 et obtenu deux 4<sup>es<\/sup> places cons\u00e9cutives aux Championnats du monde de l\u2019ICF en 2013 et 2014. Ensemble, ils ont remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or des Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de 2015 \u00e0 Toronto.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00c0 PROPOS DE L\u2019ATHL\u00c8TE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Famille\u00a0: <\/strong>Il est le fils de Robert et Laurel Russell. Ses fr\u00e8res a\u00een\u00e9s s\u2019appellent David, Nathaniel et Andrew, et ils ont tous fait du cano\u00eb-kayak. Andrew a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux olympiques de 2008 \u00e0 Beijing. Sa fianc\u00e9e se nomme Becca Kennedy (leur mariage est pr\u00e9vu en septembre 2016). Son p\u00e8re est un ancien marathonien dont le record personnel est de 2:28. <strong>D\u00e9buts\u00a0: <\/strong>Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 faire du cano\u00eb \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 9\u00a0ans. Il passait ses \u00e9t\u00e9s au club de cano\u00eb de Banook dont la famille \u00e9tait membre. <strong>Au-del\u00e0 du cano\u00eb-kayak\u00a0: <\/strong>Il a obtenu son baccalaur\u00e9at en commerce en comptabilit\u00e9 de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Saint Mary\u2019s en 2013. Il\u00a0aime jouer au golf et organiser des barbecues avec sa famille et ses amis. Pendant l\u2019entre-saison, il essaie d\u2019int\u00e9grer d\u2019autres sports (course, cyclisme, ski de fond, basketball) \u00e0 son entra\u00eenement. Benjamin est passionn\u00e9 de la NFL (Bills de Buffalo) et des pools de football. Il est Olympien de RBC depuis octobre 2010. On le surnomme\u00a0Benny. Ses idoles sont les pagayeurs olympiques Steve Giles, Richard Dalton et Mike Scarola qui se sont tous entra\u00een\u00e9s au lac Banook. Richard Dalton a eu une grande influence sur lui en l\u2019inspirant comme olympien en 2004, comme partenaire d\u2019entra\u00eenement \u00e0 compter de 2006 et comme partenaire de course en 2009 et 2010.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PALMAR\u00c8S INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jeux panam\u00e9ricains\u00a0: <strong>2015 <\/strong>\u2013 OR (C-2 1000\u00a0m); 2007 \u2013 BRONZE (C-1 1000\u00a0m), 5<sup>e<\/sup> (C-1 500m)<\/p>\n<p>Championnats du monde ICF\u00a0: <strong>2015<\/strong> \u2013 9<sup>e<\/sup> (C-2 1000\u00a0m); 2014 \u2013 4<sup>e<\/sup> (C-2 1000\u00a0m); 2013 \u2013 4<sup>e<\/sup> (C-2 1000\u00a0m); 2011 \u2013 8<sup>e<\/sup> (C-2 500\u00a0m), 8<sup>e<\/sup> (C-4 1000\u00a0m); 2010 &#8211; 6<sup>e<\/sup> (C-2 500\u00a0m), 7<sup>e<\/sup> (C-4 1000\u00a0m); 2009 &#8211; 5<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0(C-4 1000\u00a0m)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Russell aspire \u00e0 participer aux Jeux olympiques depuis qu\u2019il est enfant parce qu\u2019il a grandi au bord du lac&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83203,"template":"","tags":[],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[],"sport":[415984560],"game":[334881982],"team":[415982974],"event":[],"province":[],"class_list":["post-9292","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","gender-masculin","sport-sport-canoe-kayak-course-de-vitesse","game-2015-toronto","team-toronto-2015-canoe-kayak-vitesse"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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