Stuart James Farquhar (born 15 March 1982) is a male javelin thrower from New Zealand. He was the silver medallist in the men's javelin at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Farquhar is a twelve time New Zealand National Javelin Champion. In April 2012, he recorded a new personal best of 86.31 metres in Hiroshima, Japan.
He finished sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. He improved on his previous Olympic result by finishing 20th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Farquhar finished 8th in the men's javelin final at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a throw of 80.22 metres, his original position 9th was upgraded in 2016 after second placed Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified for doping upon retesting of his samples.
Achievements Representing 1997Oceania Youth ChampionshipsSuva, Fiji2ndJavelin (700 g)52.54 m1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France15th (q)Javelin63.82 m2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile26th (q)Javelin64.57 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece25th (q)Javelin74.63 m2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia7thJavelin77.40 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan19th (q)Javelin78.08 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China20th (q)Javelin76.14 m2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia 2ndJavelin79.48 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany14th (q)Javelin78.53 m2010Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India 2ndJavelin78.15 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea11thJavelin78.99 m2012Olympic GamesLondon, England8thJavelin80.22 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9thJavelin79.24 m2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom5thJavelin78.14 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China23rd (q)Javelin78.30 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil29th (q)Javelin77.32 m
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
External links
Stuart Farquhar at Athletics New Zealand