Ben Popham, who has a diplegic cerebral palsy disability, is now trending on the web after winning a gold medal in the ongoing Paralympic 2020 in Tokyo.
Ben Popham is one of the most famous Australian Paralympic swimmers who has represented Australia at various international levels.
Ben has been the inspiration for many youths of his region as he has already represented his country at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.
Likewise, the biggest breakthrough of his career came in the year 2020, when he was selected for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Not only he participated, but he was able to win a gold medal in the men’s 100m freestyle event.
Before this, in the year 2019, he was also the runner-up in the Men’s 100m freestyle at World Para Swimming Championship in London.
Ben Popham Disability: His Age
As mentioned above, Ben Popham has been facing diplegic cerebral palsy disability since his childhood.
As per Paralympic, his physiotherapist even gave him two choices after knowing about his disability: Para-equestrian or Para-swimming.
Well, without a second doubt, Ben went swimming, and the rest is history.
Ben Popham’s age is just 20 years old as of today.
Celebrating his birth on the 4th of September every year with his family, this Australian swimmer was brought into the world in the year 2000 AD.
Detail On Ben Popham’s Parents And Family
There is no doubt that Ben Popham has supporting parents as he has achieved so much at a young age.
Without their parent’s support, it was almost impossible for him to achieve so much in this stage of his life.
The surprising fact is that he has never mentioned them in any of the public domain. That’s why we lack the information regarding them.
Not only his parents but Ben Popham is yet to share his family member identity as well.
Ben Popham’s Girlfriend And Instagram
As per his Instagram, Ben Popham’s girlfriend is Kez.
Both of them are seen sharing some social media space with one another.
However, not much about Kez is known as she has kept her Instagram private as of now.
Likewise, Ben Popham is active on Instagram as @ben_popham
Surprisingly he is followed by just 1312 followers and has posted 37 posts to date.