Hamish Peacock

Hamish Peacock (born 15 October 1990) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He has competed at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics.

Hamish Peacock

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 34) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Education	University of Tasmania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin Throw
Club	UTAS Athletics Club
Coached by	Evan Peacock
Achievements and titles
Personal best	84.39 m (2016)
Medal record World Youth Championships 2007 Ostrava Javelin Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Javelin 2018 Gold Coast Javelin

Records and rankings

Peacock is four-time Australian Champion in the javelin. He is the fifth-best Australian of all time in the javelin,^[1] and is a 16 time Tasmanian champion and record holder.^[2] He is ranked 4th and 6th on the all-time Tasmanian records list in Discus and Shot put respectively.^[3] Peacock, who is coached by his father Evan, has trained in the Javelin throw, shot put and discus.^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Olympic Games

Peacock represented Australia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro finishing in 25th place in Qualifying with a throw off 77.91m, Brazil.^[4]

Senior World Championships

Peacock was selected to compete in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow in the javelin.^[5] He finished 14th out of 16 in qualification group A with a throw of 76.33m.^[6] His throw would have placed him 13th in qualification group B.^[6] Overall his throw placed him 26th out of 33 athletes in the qualification stages. This did not qualify him for the final and this was the end of Peacock's competition.

Peacock represented Australia in the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 18th with a throw of 79.37m.

Peacock represented Australia at the 2017 World Championships in London finishing 14th with a throw of 82.46m which became at the time the longest throw to not qualify for a World or Olympic javelin final.

Commonwealth Games

Peacock was selected for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the Javelin.^[7] He advanced to the finals after surpassing the 78.00m automatic qualification standard in qualifying with a distance of 79.08m. He then went on to win the bronze medal in the final with a throw of 81.75m.

Peacock won the Silver Medal in the men's javelin at the 2018 Commonwealth games on the Gold Coast with a throw of 82.59m.

Diamond League

Peacock has competed in a number of diamond league competitions following his debut in Doha in 2015. His best finish is 3rd place on two occasions in New York 2015 and London in 2016. His longest throw in a diamond league competition in 84.25m to finish 4th in Oslo in 2016 which remains his longest throw outside of Australia.

Youth & Junior World Championships

Peacock has competed in one World Youth Championships (2007) and one World Junior Championships (2008). He competed in the javelin at both competitions and made the final in each. In the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava Peacock finished second in the javelin.^[8]

Family

Peacock is the older brother of fellow athlete Huw Peacock. Huw was selected, along with Hamish, to participate in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Huw's event is the Hammer throw. Huw is ranked 17th on the Australian all-time hammer throw rankings,^[9] with a personal best of 68.48m.^[9] Huw is two years younger than Hamish. Both were coached by their father Evan, and were based at the Domain Athletics Centre in Hobart, Tasmania.

Statistics

Personal bests

Event	Performance	Venue	Date
Shot put	15.46 m	Hobart, Australia	11 July 2010
Discus	51.93 m	Hobart, Australia	7 April 2012
Javelin	84.39 m	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	22 May 2016

^[10]

Progression

Year	Javelin
2006	63.11 m
2007	68.08 m
2008	74.44 m
2009	74.54 m
2010	73.66 m
2011	77.58 m
2012	79.33 m
2013	81.14 m
2014	82.24 m
2015	83.31 m
2016	84.39 m
2017	84.36 m
2018	83.63 m
2019	78.12 m
2020	80.20 m
2021	73.39 m
2022	77.15 m

^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Australia
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	2nd	Javelin	76.31 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	Javelin	74.44 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	26th (q)	Javelin	76.33 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd	Javelin	81.75 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (q)	Javelin	79.37 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25th (q)	Javelin	77.91 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	14th (q)	Javelin	82.46 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	Javelin	82.59 m

References

1. "Men's Javelin Throw". Runnerstribe StatsCentral. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
2. "Tasmanian Records" (PDF). Tasmanian Athletics. 27 March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
3. "Tasmanian all-time records list (Pages 10 & 11)" (PDF). Tasmanian Athletics. 27 March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
4. "Hamish Peacock". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
5. "Athlete profile: Hamish Peacock". IAAF Athletics. 15 October 1990. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
6. "4th IAAF World Championships – Javelin Throw – Men". IAAF Athletics. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
7. Bresnehan, James (5 June 2014). "Three more Tasmanian athletes selected for Australian Commonwealth Games team". The Mercury. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
8. "Hamish PEACOCK (Tas)- Male – b. 15 Oct 1990". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
9. "Athletics Australia Handbook of Records and Results 2013" (PDF). Athletics Australia. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
10. "IAAF profile (personal bests)". IAAF. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

External links

• Hamish Peacock at World Athletics
• Hamish Peacock at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Hamish Peacock at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Hamish Peacock at Olympics.com
• Hamish Peacock at Olympedia
• Hamish Peacock at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)