Ben Tudhope

Ben Tudhope (born 13 December 1999) is an Australian Paralympian who has competed in para-snowboard cross at three Winter Paralympics 2014 to 2022.

[1] Ben Tudhope was born with cerebral palsy due to a lack of oxygen to the brain during his birth and damage caused to the white matter in his brain, which caused hemiplegia on the left side of his body and damage connecting nerve tissue vital for movement.

[5] His Winter Paralympics path began in 2011 when Peter Baff, the head coach of Perisher's Winter Sports Club alerted Peter Higgins, Australia's Paralympic snowboard team head coach, of his ability even though he was not tall.

[8] He finished 10th out of 33 competitors in the Men's Para-snowboard Cross, and was chosen to carry the Australian flag at the closing ceremony.

[9] At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Tudhope finished seventh in the banked slalom SB-LL2 and tenth in the snowboard cross SB-LL2.

At 14, Tudhope carried the flag for Australia in the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 winter Paralympics.
Ben Tudhope in the banked Snowboard event at the 2018 winter Paralympics.
The medallists of the SB-LL2 snowboard cross event at the 2022 Beijing winter Paralympics. L-R: Garrett Geros (USA), silver; Matti Suur-Hamari (Finland) gold; and Ben Tudhope (Australia) bronze.