Stuart Rendell (born 30 June 1972 in

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to Carole and Ralph Rendell) is an Australian retired

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er. He competed in the

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and

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, but failed to qualify from his pool. His personal best throw is 79.29 metres, achieved in July 2002 in

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. This is the current Oceanian record. He retired from athletics in 2006 after winning his second Commonwealth Games

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at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Australia, with a Games Record distance of 77.53m. Rendell taught at Miles Franklin Primary School from 2005 to 2008, before moving to the Garran Primary School at the start of 2009, but then moved to Calwell Primary School.

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1972 births Living people Australian male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Sportspeople from Canberra Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics ACT Academy of Sport alumni Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{australia-athletics-bio-stub