Stuart James Farquhar (born 15 March 1982 in

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) is a male javelin thrower from New Zealand. He was the silver medallist in the men's javelin 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, ...

. Farquhar is a twelve time New Zealand National Javelin Champion. In April 2012 he recorded a new personal best of 86.31 metres in

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. He finished sixth at the

2006 IAAF World Cup The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Ath ...

. He competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

without reaching the final. He improved on his previous Olympic result by finishing 20th at the

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in Beijing, China. Farquhar finished 8th in the men's javelin final at 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, th ...

with a throw of 80.22 metres, his original position 9th was upgraded in 2016 after second placed

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was disqualified for doping upon retesting of his samples.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*1998 – 63.82 *2000 – 72.22 *2002 – 78.51 *2003 – 76.41 *2004 – 79.68 *2005 – 72.14 *2006 – 81.70 *2007 – 78.08 *2008 – 83.23 *2009 – 80.16 *2010 – 85.35 *2011 – 84.21 *2012 – 86.31 *2013 – 81.07 *2014 – 79.69 *2015 – 82.75 *2016 – 83.93

References

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2006 Commonwealth Games profile
1982 births Living people New Zealand male javelin throwers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for New Zealand Sportspeople from Te Aroha World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub