{{Short description|British track and field athlete (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ben Whitby | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|1|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wandsworth, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Steeplechase | height = | weight = | club = Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC }}
'''Benedict Carl Whitby''' (born 1977), is a male former athlete who competed for England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=w/athlete=144785-whitby-ben/index.html|title=Profile|website=European Athletics}}</ref>
== Biography == Whitby became the British champion in 2001 and 2002 after winning the British 3,000 metres steeplechase title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm|title=AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists|website=NUTS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm|title=National Championships Medalists|website=GBR Athletics}}</ref>
He represented England in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four years later he represented England again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37199|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitby, Ben}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:English men steeplechase runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub}}