Graham Benton is a British indoor rower.^[1][2] He has won the British Rowing Indoor Championships 15 times and the World Indoor Rowing Championships six.^[3][4] While Benton is primarily an indoor rower, he did row on the water, representing England and competing at several Henley Royal Regattas.^[5]

Benton competed in his first indoor rowing competition at age 29.^[5] In 2004, Graham Benton became the first non-water rower to win the men's open heavyweight event at the British Indoor Rowing Championships at 5:53.5.^[6][7] He went on to win this title again in 2005 (5:46.9),^[8] 2006 (5:46.7),^[9] 2007, 2008,^[10] 2010 (5:50.8),^[11] 2011 (5:46),^[12] 2012,^{[5][13][14][15]} 2013 (5:52.4),^[16] 2014 (5:52.4),^[17] 2015 (5:55:6),^[18] 2016 (5:55),^[19] 2017 (5:55.7),^[20] 2018^[21][2] and 2023 ^[22] Benton also won the 30-39 year heavyweight class World Indoor Rowing Championships in 2004 (5:51.40),^[23] 2005 (5:53.60),^[24][25] and 2006 (5:46.40)^[26][27] and in the 40-49 heavyweight class in 2016 (5:48.3),^[28][4][29] 2017 (5:48),^[30] and 2018 (5:54).^{[31][2][32][33]}

In 2012, he set a new British record in the 35-39 heavyweight men's class at the British Indoor Rowing Championships (5:50.1), a title previously held by Sir Steve Redgrave since 1998.^[5] In 2014, he held the British outright record at 5:42.5 and in 2017, he had the fastest time in the men's heavyweight open 2000m at the Welsh Indoor Rowing Championships.^[34][17] He was a Henley Royal Regatta finalist in outdoor rowing in 2007, 2008, and 2012.^[2][5] He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Concept2 in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Benton is coached by Eddie Fletcher and was previously part of the ARA World Class Start Program. He currently rows for MAD Team IRC,^[26][15][4] and has previously rowed for Tideway Scullers School, Taurus and Reading University Boat Club.

Benton works as an Account Manager for BMC Software.^[1] He was formerly an "elite-level" cricket bowler and is an alumnus of King's School, Chester.^[35][26][5] He is from Wrexham originally and now lives in Southsea, Hampshire.