BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-AUSTRALIAN " BENN HARRADINE " IS A DISCUS THROWER WHO WAS SELECTED TO TO COMPETE AT THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING AND THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN LONDON : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                      BLACK               SOCIAL              HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Benn Harradine (born 14 October 1982 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian discus thrower who was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Harradine made the final of the discus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he finished eighth. Since then he has broken the Australian record three times, his current personal best being 68.20 metres thrown in Townsville in May 2013.

He is a proud indigenous athlete from the Wotjobaluk tribe in the Wimmera district of Victoria. He cites land rights activist Vincent Lingiari as one of the people he admires.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Australia
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	8th	58.87 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	31st	58.55 m
2010	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	2nd	66.45 m
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	1st	65.45 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	64.77 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	9th	63.59 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th	59.68 m