Ben Labowitch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ben Labowitch

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1980

Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ben Labowitch

  • Ben-Rachmiel Labowitch (born 1 July 1980) is a New Zealand former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
  • Since his mother is a New Zealand citizen, Labowitch claims a dual citizenship which allowed him to try out and make the New Zealand Olympic team.
  • Labowitch is also a former member of North Shore Swim Club under his coach Thomas Ensorg, and a graduate of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, where he played for the Drury Panthers.Labowitch qualified for three swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
  • He posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:04.35 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:18.10 (200 m breaststroke) from the Olympic trials in Auckland.
  • On the first day of the Games, Labowitch shared a thirty-sixth place tie with Puerto Rico's Arsenio López in the 100 m breaststroke.
  • Swimming in heat three, he edged out Lithuania's Aurimas Valaitis to break a 1:04 barrier and seize a third seed by 0.12 of a second in 1:03.99.
  • In his second event, 200 m breaststroke, Labowitch challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including dual citizen Mihail Alexandrov of Bulgaria.
  • He raced to seventh place and thirty-ninth overall in 2:19.25, just 1.15 seconds off his entry time.
  • He also teamed up with Scott Talbot-Cameron, Corney Swanepoel, and Cameron Gibson in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
  • Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat two, Labowitch recorded a time of 1:03.88, but the New Zealand team missed the final by 5 seconds, finishing in seventh place and twelfth overall with a final time of 3:42.74.

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