Brent Newdick (born 31 January 1985 in Tauranga) is a New Zealand representative

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

. He won the silver medal in the men's decathlon at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

, and placed 12th in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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/ref> He was also the reigning champion of the Taihape Gumboot Throwing Competition until 2017.

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Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 1985 births Living people New Zealand decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of New Zealand Sportspeople from Tauranga Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for New Zealand Universiade bronze medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub