| Ben Pattison | |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Frimley, United Kingdom |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 800m |
| Club: | Basingstoke & Mid Hants |
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]
Pattison was educated at Loughborough University[3] won a silver medal at the 2019 Under-20 European Championships. 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.[4]
In 2022, he was selected for the men's 800 metres event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,[1] [4] where he won a bronze medal.[5]
In 2023, Pattison won bronze in the 800 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
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.[6]
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.[7]
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