Background
Benson was born 12 February 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in Troon.
Benson was born 12 February 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in Troon.
His Olympics debut is at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the four-man bobsleigh, competing with John James Jackson, Bruce Tasker, and Joel Fearon. Benson is in the Royal Air Force, working as an avionics technician since the age of 20. He currently holds the rank of corporal.
Wilst in the Royal Air Force, Benson competed with the Royal Air Force Athletics Team in the long jump and triple jump.
Benson moved into sprinting, running in the fastest Scottish relay team for 16 years. And competing in the Crystal Palace Diamond League.
This led him to try out at a bobsleigh "talent identification" event in 2011, where he was discovered in bobsleigh. This led to his becoming part of the GBR1 bobsleigh team
At the end of summer 2011 he was selected into the four-man GBR1 team
Benson is married to Sarah Benson, who is a long distance runner. Olympics
Benson"s debut Olympics is set to be the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and he was given special dispensation for time off from the Royal Air Force to attend. Competition there for the four-man bobsleigh event began on 22 February 2014.
The British Olympic Association had qualified the GBR1 four-man bobsleigh team as on the "podium programme", id est (that is) that they have a chance of winning a medal.
Benson competed with John James Jackson, Bruce Tasker, and Joel Fearon. Of whom only Jackson was experienced, Tasker, Fearon and Benson were all comparatively new to the sport.