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Shanahan Tudhope is proud and excited to be waving the Australian flag for Andrew’s son Ben Tudhope, who is a member of the Australian Paralympic Snowboard Team. At the ripe old age of 18, Ben is set to compete in his second Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang in March.

Ben not only represented Australia in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi 2014, achieving a very respectable 10^th place in his event, he was also Australia’s closing ceremony flag bearer. To this day, Ben remains the youngest member on the team and still holds the record as the youngest Paralympian in the world, having just turned 14 when he competed in Sochi.

We hope you will help us cheer Ben on for his Snowboard Cross event on 12 March and his Banked Slalom event on 16 March.

Go Ben!

Ben Tudhope competing at Sochi 2014

Ben Tudhope became Australia’s youngest ever Winter Paralympian when he raced in the Snowboard Cross at the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games.

Ben, who turned 14 last December was born with cerebral palsy hemiplegia and started snowboarding only 5 years ago. Ben is the youngest ever athlete from any nation in the Sochi Games.

Snowboard Cross is an extreme race in which a group of snowboarders (typically 4 or 6) race through turns, jumps, rollers and drops at crazy speeds.

If you saw any of the Sochi Games the Snowboard Cross was the event Alex “Chumpy” Pullin was racing in. Snowboard Cross is incredibly fast and unpredictable and it is a huge achievement for Ben to represent Australia.

If you were able to make our Art Show last year you may have met Ben who was one of our doormen that evening.

Ben is a sensational young man and we wanted to share with you his achievement in becoming the youngest ever Australian Winter Paralympian.

Look out for Ben at XGames 2016 – http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14685219

Australia’s youngest ever Winter Paralympian