Benjamin Thorne

Benjamin Gary Thorne (born 19 March 1993 in Kitimat) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the race walking. He represented his country in the 20 kilometres at the 2013 World Championships finishing twentieth. Two years later he won the bronze medal.

Thorne won the NAIA 20-kilometre race walk event in 2012 and 2015.

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.

Personal bests

 * 10,000 metres walk – 40:26.0 (Calgary 2012)
 * 10 kilometres walk – 42:34 (Saransk 2012)
 * 20 kilometres walk – 1:19:55 (Rome 2016)