{{Short description|Australian steeplechase runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Ben Buckingham | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = Benjamin Buckingham | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|11|8}} | birth_place = Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Australia | sport = Track and field | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = 3000 metres steeplechase | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's athletics }} {{Medal|Country| {{AUS}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Oceania Athletics Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Townsville | 3000 m s'chase }} {{Medal|Silver|2024 Suva|3000 m s'chase}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }}
'''Benjamin Buckingham''' (born 8 November 1991)<ref name="men_3000m_steeple_world_championships_2019">{{Cite web |title=Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-3KSC-M-h----.RS4.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001161643/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-3KSC-M-h----.RS4.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2019 |access-date=5 July 2020 |website=World Athletics}}</ref> is an Australian track and field athlete who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
== Early years == Buckingham grew up on a 600-acre cattle farm and started serious running at the age of 10 with his mother. When he was 18 years of age he left his hometown of Myrtleford, Victoria to go to the University of Melbourne. Buckingham continued his running and came third in the 2010 National U20 steeplechase.<ref name="AOC">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Buckingham |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/benjamin-buckingham/ |access-date=24 September 2021 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Buckingham made his international debut at the 2010 World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia, competing in the junior race. After completing his studies he ran 8:03 (3000m) and 8:54 (steeple) and was placed third in the national championships in the summer of 2016.2017. In 2019 he dropped to 7:54.00 (3000m) and 8:27.51 (steeple) and won the Oceania Championships.<ref name="AOC" />
== Achievements == Buckingham completed his second degree (Juris Doctor/law and Arts - history/international relations) at the age of 25 in 2016. He trained full time for six months before starting work as a Lawyer at Minter Ellison.<ref name="AOC" />
Buckingham won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships held in Townsville, Australia.<ref name="results_oceania_athletics_championships_2019">{{Citation |title=2019 OAA Championships daily results |date=25 June 2019 |url=https://athletics-oceania.com/2019/06/25/oceania-athletics-championships-results-day-1/ |publisher=Oceania Athletics Association |access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref> He also competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.<ref name="men_3000m_steeple_world_championships_2019" /> He did not qualify to compete in the final.<ref name="men_3000m_steeple_world_championships_2019" />
In 2020, Buckingham headed to Europe where he clocked two 8:24s with a best of 8:24.39 to move to sixth Australian all-time.<ref name="AOC" />
Buckingham qualified for the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="Tokyo 2020" /> He ran seventh in the Men's 3000m steeplechase heat with a time of 8:20.95, missing out on the final.<ref name="Tokyo 2020">{{Cite web |title=BUCKINGHAM Benjamin |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1553486-buckingham-benjamin.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=24 September 2021 |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924015033/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1553486-buckingham-benjamin.htm |archive-date=24 September 2021}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{World Athletics|australia/ben-buckingham-14411012|Ben Buckingham}} * [https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete/ben-buckingham/ Ben Buckingham] at Australian Athletics * [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete5782.htm Ben Buckingham] at Australian Athletics Historical Results * {{Australian Olympic Committee|benjamin-buckingham|Benjamin Buckingham}} * {{Commonwealth Games Australia|ben-buckingham|Ben Buckingham}} * {{Olympics.com|ben-buckingham|Ben Buckingham}} * {{Olympedia|name=Ben Buckingham}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20241202033859/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ben-buckingham_1939732 Ben Buckingham] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/ben-buckingham_1939732 alternate link]) * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|53394|Ben Buckingham}}
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