1. Ben Weekes was born on 20 September 1984 and is an Australian wheelchair tennis player.
12 Facts About Ben Weekes
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Ben Weekes competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his sixth Games.
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Ben Weekes has an identical twin brother, and two other brothers.
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Ben Weekes is an incomplete paraplegic as a result of a blood clot forming in his spine when he was thirteen years old.
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Ben Weekes is a composer and pianist, having received formal training in this area.
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Ben Weekes's music has been recorded and he has played at the BarMe Cabaret Bar, Angel Place and the Sydney Opera House.
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Ben Weekes became interested in the sport after watching David Hall play it at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and would go on to practice regularly with Hall, until Hall retired from the sport in 2006.
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Ben Weekes competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.
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Ben Weekes won his first-round match, and was knocked out in the second round.
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Ben Weekes competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, playing doubles with Michael Dobbie.
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In 2008, Ben Weekes played some doubles matches with Adam Kellerman.
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At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Ben Weekes lost in the Round of 32 in the Men's Singles and Doubles.