Ben Bright

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Benjamin "Ben" Clifford Bright (born 12 July 1974 in Waiuku) is an athlete from New Zealand, who competes in triathlon.

Bright competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He took thirty-eighth place with a total time of 1:52:17.26.

Later on he took up the job of coaching Mantas, a local swim club in Hong Kong. After a spell of training several outstanding swimmers, including an Olympian and Hong Kong age group record breakers, Bright accepted an opportunity to coach triathlon at Loughborough University in England.

Bright is now the head coach at the British Triathlon High Performance centre in Loughborough. He was personal coach to Tim Don and Hollie Avil at the 2008 Olympics.

References

"Ben Bright". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

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Name	Bright, Ben
Alternative names	Bright, Benjamin Clifford
Short description	New Zealand triathlete
Date of birth	12 July 1974
Place of birth	Waiku, New Zealand
Date of death
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