Benjamin Bilski

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| caption = Bilski in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|8|11}}

| birth_place = Bad Soden am Taunus, West Germany

| citizenship = Germany

| alma mater = {{plainlist|

Die accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg
EBS University of Business and Law}}

| occupation = Swimmer, entrepreneur

| awards = Bronze medal on World Games (2009)

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Benjamin Jakub Bilski (born in 11 August 1988) is a former professional German swimmer, the 2009 World Games bronze medalist.{{cite news |title=8th World Games 2009 -Results |work=Official website of International Life Saving Federation |url=https://www.ilsf.org/sites/ilsf.org/files/Sports/Results/WorldGames/resultswg2009.pdf |access-date=July 6, 2018}} Also a FinTech businessman, he is a founder and a board member of The NAGA Group AG.

Biography

= Early years =

Benjamin "Ben" Bilski grew up in Frankfurt. His family is from Wrocław region.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

He now resides in Hamburg.{{cite news |title=Gründer und Vorstand, The NAGA Group AG, 30 Under 30 in der Kategorie Technologie |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.at/artikel/benjamin-bilski.html |access-date=June 24, 2018}}

= Education =

He graduated from the Wiesbaden Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium in 2008.
In 2010, after finishing his swimming career, he started studying BA in accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg.
In 2013 he started his MA program in the EBS University of Business and Law.{{cite news |title=Benjamin Bilski deutscher Hochschulmeister ueber 100-Meter Schmetterling |work=Accadis |url=https://www.accadis.com/Benjamin-Bilski-deutscher-Hochschulmeister-ueber-100-Meter-Schmetterling_52.aspx |access-date=June 24, 2018}} Next year he graduated with a Master's degree in Management.
He was on the list in 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 (Category Technology){{cite news |title=Gründer und Vorstand, The NAGA Group AG, 30 Under 30 in der Kategorie Technologie |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.at/artikel/benjamin-bilski.html |access-date=June 24, 2018}}

Sporting career

Benjamin officially entered competitive swimming in November, 2002, at the age of 14. He began swimming in SG Wetterau.{{cite news |title=Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften 2004 |url=http://www.sg-wetterau.de/index.php/Wettkampf/33 |access-date=June 24, 2018}} In 2004 he was accepted to the German national team. Throughout his career, Bilski has won several regional and Southern German championships.

He reached a pinnacle in his sporting career in 2009 with a bronze medal of the IOC-backed World Games in Kaohsiung with the German record. Next year Bilski finished his professional career. “I was never a high flyer, but I had a steady development” – Benjamin Bilski commented at the end of his swimming career.{{cite news |title=From swimming to a 250-million-dollar business |work=Fastlane4 |url=https://www.fastlane4.com/8346-from-swimming-to-a-250-million-dollar-business |access-date=June 24, 2018}}

= Achievements =

German Junior Champion in 200 m freestyle (2006)
5th at the European Junior Swimming Championship, Mallorca (2006)
German Runner-up in 200 m butterfly (2008)
7th in 200 m freestyle, World Cup in Berlin (2008)
German champion in 4x200 m freestyle relay, Berlin (2008)
German Runner-up in 200 m butterfly (2009)
3rd in 200 m backstroke at the German Short Course Championship (2009)
Winner in German team standings for SC Wiesbaden (2008){{cite news |title=Bilski Benjamin |work=Swimrankings |url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4065698 |access-date=June 24, 2018}}
3rd in 200 m obstacle swimming course at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, with the German record (1:57,00 min).{{cite news |title=Benjamin Bilski startet fuer accadis bei den Hochschulmeisterschaften |work=Accadis |url=https://www.accadis.com/Benjamin-Bilski-startet-fuer-accadis-bei-den-Hochschulmeisterschaften_53.aspx |access-date=June 24, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Taiwanese 'life saver' claims bronze |work=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2009/07/24/2003449463 |access-date=July 6, 2018}}

= Record =

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! colspan="4" |German record

200 m obstacle swimming{{cite news |title=Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V. |work=Einzel |url=https://www.dlrg.de/sport/kader/rekorde/einzel.html |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821004338/https://www.dlrg.de/sport/kader/rekorde/einzel.html |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

|01:57,00 min

|23 July 2009

|Kaohsiung, Taiwan