Hamish Peacock has competed at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics.
18 Facts About Hamish Peacock
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Hamish Peacock is the fifth-best Australian of all time in the javelin, and is a 16 time Tasmanian champion and record holder.
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Hamish Peacock is ranked 4th and 6th on the all-time Tasmanian records list in Discus and Shot put respectively.
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Hamish 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.
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Hamish Peacock was selected to compete in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow in the javelin.
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Hamish Peacock finished 14th out of 16 in qualification group A with a throw of 76.33m.
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Hamish Peacock's throw would have placed him 13th in qualification group B Overall his throw placed him 26th out of 33 athletes in the qualification stages.
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Hamish Peacock represented Australia in the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 18th with a throw of 79.37m.
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Hamish 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.
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Hamish Peacock was selected for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the Javelin.
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Hamish Peacock then went on to win the bronze medal in the final with a throw of 81.75m.
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Hamish 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.
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Hamish Peacock has competed in a number of diamond league competitions following his debut in Doha in 2015.
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Hamish Peacock's 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.
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Hamish Peacock has competed in one World Youth Championships and one World Junior Championships.
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Hamish Peacock competed in the javelin at both competitions and made the final in each.
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Hamish Peacock is the older brother of fellow athlete Huw Hamish Peacock.
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Huw was selected, along with Hamish Peacock, to participate in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.