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{{Short description|New Zealand canoeist (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{MedalTableTop | medals =
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[canoe racing|canoe sprint]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canoeing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2003 Gainesville]] | K-1 1000 m }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2006 Szeged]] | K-1 1000 m }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[canoe marathon]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canoe Marathon World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2005 Perth | K-1 marathon }}
}}

'''Ben Fouhy''' (born 4 March 1979, in [[Taumarunui]]) is a New Zealand [[canoe racing|flatwater]] and [[ICF canoe marathon|marathon canoeist]] who has been competing since the early 2000s. He competed in three [[Summer Olympics]], winning a silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at [[Athens]] in [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]. He also finished fourth in the 2008 Olympics and ninth in the 2012 Olympics in the same event. He is the recipient of the 2003 [[Halberg Awards|Halberg Award]] for NZ Sportsman of the Year and is a former world record holder in the K1 1000m event.

==Career history==
Fouhy began kayaking competitively in 2002, following a background in multi-sport events. He discovered an aptitude for paddling after increasing his kayak training to improve his overall multisport performance.

After a handful of domestic wins Fouhy, an unknown on the international field at the time, took a surprise gold medal at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. Following this achievement, he won several Sportsperson of the Year titles, including the coveted Halberg Award.

The following year, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Fouhy achieved New Zealand’s first medal in Kayaking since the 1980s.

In 2005, Fouhy was made a Member of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] (MNZM).

== Career highlights ==
* Gold Medal in K1 1000m – 2003 World Cup regatta Poznan, Poland
* Gold Medal in K1 1000m & K1 500m – 2005 Australian National Championships, Sydney
* Halberg Award – 2003 New Zealand Sportsman of the Year
* Bronze Medal in K1 marathon – 2005 World Marathon Championships, Perth
* Gold Medal in K1 1000m – 2004 English National Championships, Nottingham
* Olympic Silver Medal in K1 1000m – 2004 Athens Olympics
* Bronze Medal in K1 1000m – 2006 World Championships, Szeged, Hungary
* Gold Medal in K2 1000m – 2004 NZ Sprint National Championships, Auckland
* World Champion K1 1000m – 2003 World Championships, Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
* Gold Medal in K1 1000m – 2004 NZ Sprint National Championships, Auckland
* Gold Medal, Worlds fastest time in K1 1000m – 2006 World Cup regatta, Poland
* Gold Medal in K1 1000m – 2003 NZ Sprint National Championships, Auckland

==References==
* [http://www.benfouhy.com/ Official website]
* {{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/ben-fouhy-1.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007233936/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/ben-fouhy-1.html|archivedate=2012-10-07}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=5 January 2010 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf |date2=13 January 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf |date2=11 March 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
* {{Cite web |editor-last=Kamber |editor-first=Raymond |editor-link=Raymond Kamber |date=2008 |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |title=Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) |website=CanoeICF.com |publisher=[[International Canoe Federation]] |pages=1-83 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2018}}

==External links==
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|ben-fouhy}}

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[[Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak]]
[[Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Taumarunui]]
[[Category:People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School]]

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