Ben Llewellin

{{Short description|Welsh sports shooter (born 1994)}}

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| nationality = British / Welsh

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{{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Osijek|Mixed team skeet}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Baku|Mixed team skeet}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|{{nowrap|Mixed team skeet}}}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Larnaca|Mixed team skeet}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Osijek|Mixed team skeet}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Lonato|Team skeet}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Lonato del Garda|Mixed team skeet}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Larnaca|Skeet}}

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{{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Skeet}}

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{{MedalGold|2017 Brisbane|Skeet}}

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Ben William David Llewellin (born 11 July 1994){{cite web|url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/name=Ben_Llewellin&d=57|title=Ben Llewellin|website=British Shooting|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417192556/http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/name%3DBen_Llewellin%26d%3D57|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=dead}} is a Welsh sports shooter, who won a silver medal for Wales in the Men's skeet at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

He was born in Haverfordwest, the son of rally driver David Llewellin.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40260467|title=Shooting star Ben Llewellin looking to emulate father David|date=13 June 2017|website=BBC Sport|access-date=17 April 2018}} In 2016 he won a silver medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Finals in Cyprus, followed in 2017 by another at New Delhi, where he and Riccardo Filippelli of Italy both fired a world record score.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/llewellin-matches-skeet-world-record-with-stunning-world-cup-silver|title=Llewellin matches skeet world record with stunning World Cup silver|date=26 October 2017|website=Team GB|access-date=17 April 2018}} Later in the year he won a gold medal in the Skeet event at the Oceania and Commonwealth Shooting Federations' Championships in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/15635866.Brilliant_hot_shot_Ben_Llewellin_clinches_men___s_skeet_gold_in_Australia/|title=Brilliant hot shot Ben Llewellin clinches men's skeet gold in Australia|date=2 November 2017|author=Gordon Thomas|website=South Wales Argus|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417192421/http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/15635866.Brilliant_hot_shot_Ben_Llewellin_clinches_men___s_skeet_gold_in_Australia/|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=live}}

He won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing second to former world champion Georgios Achilleos of Cyprus, with a score of 56 out of 60 targets.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43696833|title=Commonwealth Games: Wales' Ben Llewellin claims skeet shooting silver medal|date=9 April 2018|website=BBC Sport|access-date=17 April 2018}}

In September 2023 with Amber Rutter, he won the Mixed team skeet event at the European Shotgun Championships in Osijek.{{cite web |title=Amber Rutter and Ben Llewellin Are European Champions!! |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2878 |publisher=British Shooting |access-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116125035/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2878 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |language=en-gb |date=12 September 2023 |url-status=live}}