Peter Robert Hadfield (born 21 January 1955) is an Australian
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athlete who competed in the
decathlon
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Hadfield won a total of nine
Australian Championships in Athletics
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between 1976 and 1985. He didn't compete in the National Championships in 1978 as he was living in Paris at the time, training there for the Edmonton Commonwealth Games. He was the best decathlete in Australia for ten years from his first nationals win in 1976, when he broke the Australian record, until he retired after the National Championships in 1985. Although he was the National Champion and record holder for the decathlon he was not selected to compete in the Montreal Olympics that year. He competed at the two following
Olympic Games
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in Moscow (1980), (finishing 4th behind Thompson) and Los Angeles (1984) and two
Commonwealth Games
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in Edmonton (1978) and Brisbane (1982), winning the silver medal, behind
Daley Thompson
Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), better known as Daley Thompson, is a British former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four tim ...
in the 1978
Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
Statistics
Personal Bests
Athletics Australia - all time performances
See also
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References
External links
sports-reference
1955 births
Living people
Australian decathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Australia
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
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