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{{short description|Australian hammer thrower}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
'''Stuart Rendell''' (born 30 June 1972 in [[Canberra]] to Carole and Ralph Rendell) is an Australian retired [[hammer throw]]er. He competed in the [[2000 Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Olympics]], but failed to qualify from his pool. His personal best throw is 79.29 metres, achieved in July 2002 in [[Varaždin]]. This is the current [[List of Oceanian records in athletics|Oceanian record]]. He retired from athletics in 2006 after winning his second Commonwealth Games [[gold medal]] at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games|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.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{AUS}} 
|-
|1997
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|17th (q)
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|74.28 m]]
|-
|1998
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw|74.71 m]]
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|36th (q)
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|67.55 m]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|28th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|72.78 m]]
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|19th (q)
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|75.00 m]]
|-
|2002
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Manchester, United Kingdom]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw|67.51 m]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|10th
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|75.72 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|25th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|72.61 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Melbourne, Australia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw|77.53 m]]
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|8th
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#Hammer throw|71.99 m]]<ref>Representing Oceania</ref>
|}

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025055446/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete1244.htm Profile]
*{{World Athletics}}
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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Australia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Canberra]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia]]
[[Category:Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes]]
[[Category:ACT Academy of Sport alumni]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics]]

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