Lee Benson is a columnist

Columnist

A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....

 for the Deseret News. He has covered at least nine Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 for the paper and has written columns on Mormon

Mormon

The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...

. He has also co-authored a book with James W. Parkinson

James W. Parkinson

James W. Parkinson is a lawyer and an activist for reparations to be paid to Americans who were slave laborers for private Japanese companies during World War II....

 about American prisoners of war of the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and their attempts to obtain reparations.

Benson also wrote a book about Brigham Young University's string of successful quarterbacks entitled And They Came to Pass.

Benson is a twin. His brother, Dee Benson

Dee Benson

Dee Vance Benson is a Federal judge and former chief judge for the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He was briefly a professional soccer player. He was nominated as judge by President George H. W. Bush on May 16, 1991, and confirmed by the United States Senate on September...

 is a former chief judge

Judge

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 for the United States District Court

United States district court

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 for the State of Utah.

Singapore

Lee Benson is a Weight Lifter representing Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

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Born in Singapore in the year 1994, and has won the Singapore weightlifting; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 5 year consecutively.
And currently pursuing his studies, quitting Weight Lifting industry.