TUIMASEVE Ben

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
11	Shot Put - F37	2019	Dubai, UAE	12.08

Benza ["After my cousin called me this, I performed under this alias a few times as a casual singer and rapper, and then it just stuck and everyone calls me it"]. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019; Facebook profile, 26 Apr 2020)

Dancing, singing. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Athlete

English

Papakura Athletic and Harrier Club [Auckland, NZL]

John Eden [national]

He has competed in the Physical Disability Rugby League New Zealand [PDRL] competition. He has also represented New Zealand in physical disability rugby league, and took part in the 2018 Rugby League Emerging Nations World Championships in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (canterburyrugbyleague.co.nz, 07 Aug 2018)

2019 for New Zealand, Oceania Championships in Townsville, Australia (attitudelive.com, 25 Jun 2019; Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

In late 2019 he underwent ankle surgery. (my.ohs.school.nz, 25 Aug 2020)

He began the sport in late 2016. (Parafed Auckland - Para Sport and Recreation Facebook page, 20 Mar 2017)

"[It was a] new adventure to learn something new, become healthier and see if I had potential to make it to the top." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

To win a medal at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

He includes music in his training regime. "I'm trying to build a decent foundation to throw and then I'll try and apply some music along the way. Rhythm and timing are the main two things to practise on. The biggest difference is if you go off the beat in music, you have time and space to recover but in shot put, there is none. I have to be careful of how much I apply it to shot put, because shot put involves putting my body into positions that are foreign to me and that's not musical at all. All the work you have to do for three seconds in a movement is pretty amazing." (tokyo2020.org, 18 Nov 2020; tvnz.co.nz, 25 Aug 2020)

Being selected for the New Zealand national team. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

His family. (tokyo2020.org, 18 Nov 2020; Paralympics New Zealand YouTube channel, 21 Aug 2020)

"Difference is the challenge but ultimately the blessing." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)