Ben Saxton
{{short description|Canadian beach volleyball player (born 1988)}}
{{For|the British sailor|Ben Saxton (sailor)}}
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Benjamin Saxton (born November 21, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta){{Cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/benjamin-saxton/ |title=Ben Saxton |website=Olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=June 15, 2016}} is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Saxton has qualified to compete (along with partner Chaim Schalk) at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/2016/06/11/three-beach-volleyball-teams-earn-olympic-berths/ |title=Three beach volleyball teams earn Olympic berths |last1=Hossain |first1=Asif |date=June 11, 2016 |website=www.olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=June 16, 2016 |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130212516/https://olympic.ca/2016/06/11/three-beach-volleyball-teams-earn-olympic-berths/ |url-status=live}}
Career
Saxton played volleyball and beach volleyball as a youth in his home town at the Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club. Together with Will Pasieka they became the 2004 Canadian U16 champions.{{cite web |title=Wall of Fame - Club Championships |url=http://volleydome.net/Canuck/Canuck_WOF_cc.php?pageNum_getClubChampionships=2&totalRows_getClubChampionships=15 |website=Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club |accessdate=August 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918202343/http://volleydome.net/Canuck/Canuck_WOF_cc.php?pageNum_getClubChampionships=2&totalRows_getClubChampionships=15 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=dead}} In both 2004 and 2005 they were the Canadian U18 runners-up, but returned as the U20 Canadian champions in 2006{{cite web |title=Wall of Fame - Club Championships |url=http://volleydome.net/Canuck/Canuck_WOF_cc.php?pageNum_getClubChampionships=1&totalRows_getClubChampionships=15 |website=Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club |accessdate=August 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029101408/http://volleydome.net/Canuck/Canuck_WOF_cc.php?pageNum_getClubChampionships=1&totalRows_getClubChampionships=15 |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
and also participated in the U19 World Championships. In 2007, Saxton played with Mark Ellingson in international tournaments. After Saxton had played two smaller tournaments with Martin Reader in 2008, he started with Jessi Lelliott, and in 2010 with Steve Marshall on the FIVB World Tour, but with little success. Even with Christian Redmann there were no top-ten places on the FIVB World Tour, but Redmann / Saxton won the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship 2011 in Mexico. Since 2013 Saxton played successfully alongside Chaim Schalk. At the World Cup in Stare Jabłonki Saxton / Schalk made it to the quarterfinals. Here they were defeated by the Brazilians Alison / Emanuel and took fifth place.
References
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External links
- {{FIVB beach player}}
- {{Beach Volleyball Database}}
- {{Volleyball Canada|ben-saxton}}
- {{Team Canada}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:Canadian men's beach volleyball players
Category:Volleyball players from Calgary
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Canada
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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