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Athletics Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Team Handbook - Athletics NZ
Gold Coast 2018
Commonwealth Games
     Athletics
    Team Handbook

        Compiled by Brett Addison

   Athletics NZ Communications Manager
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Athletics NZ Team
Athletes
Valerie Adams         Shot Put           Pakuranga Athletic Club

Alana Barber          20km Race Walk     Racewalking Auckland

Camille Buscomb       10,000m, 5000m     Hamilton City Hawks Athletics

Cameron French        400m hurdles       Hamilton City Hawks Athletics

Siositina Hakeai      Discus             Auckland City Athletics

Ben Langton Burnell   Javelin            Palmerston North Athletics

Eliza McCartney       Pole Vault         North Harbour Bays Athletics

Olivia McTaggart      Pole Vault         North Harbour Bays Athletics

Brad Mathas           800m               Christchurch Old Boys United

Joseph Millar         200m               Tauranga Ramblers

Angie Petty           800m               University of Canterbury

Julia Ratcliffe       Hammer             Hamilton City Hawks Athletics

Quentin Rew           20km Race Walk     Wellington Harrier Athletic Club

Jake Robertson        10,000m            Hamilton City Hawks Athletics

Zane Robertson        10,000m, Marathon Hamilton City Hawks Athletics

Holly Robinson        Para Javelin       Athletics Taieri

Nick Southgate        Pole Vault         North Harbour Bays Athletics

Tom Walsh             Shot Put           South Canterbury Athletic Club
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Athletics NZ Team
Support Staff

Team Leader          Scott Goodman

Operations Manager   Kat Austin

Coaches              Terry Lomax
                     Jeremy McColl
                     Steve Willis
                     Dale Stevenson
                     Debbie Strange
                     Raylene Bates

Physiotherapists     Lou Johnson
                     Oliver Low

Press Attache        Brett Addison
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NZL Timetable

Day 1              8 April

Quentin Rew        M 20km Race Walk   Final   07:00am

Alana Barber       W 20km Race Walk   Final   09:15am

Tom Walsh          M Shot Put         Qual    16:25pm

Day 2              9 April

Holly Robinson     W F46 Javelin      Final   19:05pm

Tom Walsh          M Shot Put         Final   20:25pm

Camille Buscomb    W 10,000m          Final   20:35pm

Day 3              10 April

Brad Mathas        M 800m             Heat    10:30am

Cameron French     M 400m hurdles     Heat    11:15am

Siositina Hakeai   W Discus           Qual    12:05pm

Joseph Millar      M 200m             Heat    13:05pm

Julia Ratcliffe    W Hammer           Final   20:40pm

Day 4              11 April

Brad Mathas        M 800m             Semi    19:20pm

Joseph Millar      M 200m             Semi    20:50pm

Cameron French     M 400m hurdles     Semi    22:11pm
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Day 5                 12 April

Dame Valerie Adams    W Shot put       Qual    12:15pm

Angie Petty           W 800m           Heat    12:20pm

Nick Southgate        M Pole vault     Final   19:25pm

Cameron French        M 400m hurdles   Final   19:45pm

Siositina Hakeai      W Discus         Final   20:40pm

Joseph Millar         M 200m           Final   21:56pm

Brad Mathas           M 800m           Final   22:13pm

Day 6                 13 April

Ben Langton Burnell   M Javelin        Qual    10:00am

Eliza McCartney       W Pole Vault     Final   19:25 pm

Olivia McTaggart      W Pole Vault     Final   19:25 pm

Valerie Adams         W Shot Put       Final   20:40 pm

Angie Petty           W 800m           Final   20:45 pm

Jake Robertson        M 10,000m        Final   21:10 pm

Zane Robertson        M 10,000m        Final   21:10 pm

Day 7                 14 April

Ben Langton Burnell   M Javelin        Final   14:35 pm

Camille Buscomb       W 5000m          Final   15:20 pm

Day 8                 15 April

Zane Robertson        M Marathon       Final   08:15am
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Dame Valerie Adams

Event:        Shot Put
Age:          33
Club:         Pakuranga Athletic Club
Birthplace:   Rotorua
Coach:        Scott Goodman
PB:           21.24 (NZ record)
2018 best:    18.48

Career highlights:
    Olympic Champion 2008 & 2012, silver 2016
    World Champion 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
    World Indoor Champion 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, bronze 2016
    Commonwealth Champion 2006, 2010, 2014, silver 2002
    Ranked 1st in world 2006 – 2014

Gold Coast will be Dame Valerie’s fifth Commonwealth Games. She has three gold
and one silver medal from previous Commonwealth Games since her debut at
Manchester in 2002. She also has two gold and one silver medal from the Olympic
Games.

Dame Valerie has been the dominant women's shot putter in the world since 2006,
unbeaten in major world events during 2006 – 2014 and having an unprecedented
winning streak of 107 competitions during that period. She was the IAAF world
female athlete of the year for 2014.

She finished second at her last major competition, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and
is now on the comeback trail after having her first child in October 2017.

Dame Valerie has won 15 New Zealand shot put titles and was the Halberg
Sportswoman of the year award seven consecutive years from 2006 - 2012. She has
also been awarded the NZOC's Lonsdale Cup in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

She competes for Pakuranga Athletic Club and has been coached by Scott Goodman
since the retirement of Jean-Pierre Egger in 2016.
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Alana Barber

Event:        20km Race Walk
Age:          31
Birthplace    Auckland
Club:         Racewalking Auckland
Coach:        Brett Vallance
PB:           1:32:19
2018 best:    1:32:19 (NZ record)

Career highlights:
    18th at 2015 World Championships
    World Race walking Team
      Championships representative 2016
    Rio 2016 Olympian
    Ranked 73rd in world 2017
    Ranked 71st in world 2016
    2 x NZ champion

Alana had her major international debut in 2015 at the IAAF Beijing World Track &
Field Championships where she placed a very creditable 18th in the 20km race walk,
exceeding expectations and beating many athletes ranked well above her before the
event.

She followed that up with a 35th place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She has since
lowered her New Zealand record for 20km to 1:32:23.

Alana was based in England for a number of years where she developed her race
walking skills and is not the first in her family to represent New Zealand in Athletics.
Her mother Shirley ran at the 1974 Commonwealth Games finishing eighth in the
800m final. Ever since she was a small girl Alana has wanted to emulate her mother
and represent New Zealand.

Although Alana is New Zealand's top woman race walker, the time spent overseas
training and honing her skills means she only has three NZ championships to her
name, the 2014 and 2018 20km and 2015 10km titles.

Alana splits her time between Auckland, Australia and various other locations around
the world for specific training blocks.

Alana competes for Race Walking Auckland and has worked as a television producer.
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Camille Buscomb

Event:        10,000m, 5000m
Age:          27
Birthplace:   Hamilton
Club:         Hamilton City Hawks
Coach:        Nick Bideau
PB:           31:45.02, 15:19.81
2018 best:       -,     15:49.55

Career highlights:

    2nd at 2015 World University
     Games 5,000m
    30th at 2017 World Championships
     10,000m
    12 Senior NZ titles

Camille represented New Zealand at the 2017 London World Championships in both
the 5,000m and 10,000m, finishing 30th in the 10,000m.

In 2015 she won a Silver Medal at the World University Games in Gwangju, South
Korea.

Camille also represented New Zealand at the 2007 World Youth Championships and
the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Camille set her personal best for 10,000m of 31:45.02 in Stanford, CA in 2017,
ranking her 33rd in the world that year.

In 2016 she won the prestigious Zatopek:10 in Australia.

Camille is currently based in Melbourne and is coached by Nick Bideau and has won
12 NZ championship titles.

Her partner is Cameron French who is also in the New Zealand Athletics team.
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Cameron French

Event:        400m hurdles
Age:          25
Birthplace:   Hamilton
Club:         Hamilton City Hawks
Coach:        Criss Strange
PB:           49.33 (NZ record)
2018 best:    49.33

Career highlights

    5th at 2015 World University Games
    3 senior NZ 400m hurdles titles

Cameron represented New Zealand at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju,
South Korea, placing fifth in 49.92. He earlier represented New Zealand at the
Oceania Regional Championships, winning four medals.

Cameron recently broke the New Zealand 400m hurdles record, running 49.33
qualifying him for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, his first major international
competition.

Cameron has won three New Zealand 400m hurdles titles and has won New Zealand
Championship medals over 100m and 400m.
Cameron competes for the Hamilton City Hawks club and is coached by Criss Strange.

His partner Camille Buscomb (10,000m & 5000m) is also in the 2018 Commonwealth
Games team.

Cameron is strong across a number of events with personal bests of 46.23 for 400m
46.23 and 10.51 for 100m.
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Siositina Hakeai

Event:        Discus
Age:          24
Birthplace:   Auckland
Club:         Auckland City Athletics
Coach:        Kirsten Hellier
PB:           60.54m
2018 best:    60.54m

Career Highlights:
    4th 2014 Commonwealth Games
    4th 2012 World Junior Championships
    1st 2015 Oceania Championships

Gold Coast 2018 will be Siositina’s second Commonwealth Games after finishing
fourth at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

She also came close to medalling at the 2012 World Junior Championships, also
finishing in fourth place.
Siositina recently improved her personal best to 60.54m.
She is coached by Kirsten Hellier and competes for the Auckland City Athletics Club.
Ben Langton Burnell

Event:        Ben Langton Burnell
Age:          25
Birthplace:   Palmerston North
Club:         Palmerston North Athletic Club
Coach:        Debbie Strange
PB:           82.44m
2018 best:    78.20m

Career highlights:

    2017 NZ World Championships team
    8th at 2017 World University Games
    2x medals at Oceania Championships

Ben represented New Zealand at the 2017 World Championships in London, finishing
24th. Last year he also competed at the World University Games in Taipei, finishing
eighth.

He competed at the 2010 and 2011 Oceania Championships winning silver and gold
respectively.

Ben had a breakthrough year in 2017 throwing over 80m for the first time at the
Porritt Classic in Hamilton and then improving his personal best to 82.44m.

He also won his first NZ Senior title in 2017 after finishing runner up for four years.
He won three junior New Zealand titles in the Javelin.

Ben trains with coach Debbie Strange in Hamilton and is a member of the Palmerston
North Club.
Eliza McCartney

Event:        Pole Vault
Age:          19
Birthplace:   Auckland
Club:         North Harbour Bays
Coach:        Jeremy McColl
PB:           4.82m (NZ record)
2018 best:    4.75m

Career Highlights:
    3rd 2016 Olympic Games
    4th 2018 World Indoor Champs
    5th 2016 World Indoor Champs
    2nd 2015 World University Games
    3rd 2014 World Junior Champs
    2015 World Junior record holder
    Ranked 4th in world 2017

Gold Coast will be Eliza’s first Commonwealth Games and she will go in as one of the
favourites after her world ranking of number 4 in 2017.

The Rio 2016 Olympics was Eliza's first major international event and she surprised
by winning a bronze medal.

Eliza has been vaulting very well for a number of years and made the international
athletics world take notice of her abilities with a fourth place at the World Under 18
Championships in 2013, following up with a bronze medal at the 2014 World Under
20 Championships.

At the end of 2015 Eliza set a world junior pole vault record, clearing 4.64m, just days
before her eligibility for a junior record ended.

Since then she has extended her New Zealand record to 4.82m, placed fifth at the
World Indoor Championships in Portland, USA and finished third in Rio.

Eliza lives in Devonport in Auckland, is coached by Athletics NZ High Performance
Programme coach Jeremy McColl and competes for the North Harbour Bays club.
Olivia McTaggart

Event:        Pole Vault
Age:          18
Birthplace:   Gold Coast
Club:         North Harbour Bays
Coach:        Jeremy McColl
PB:           4.40m
2018 best:    4.35m

Career Highlights:
    1st 2017 U20 Australian Champs
    1st 2018 Perth Track Classic
    1st 2017 Junioren Gala, Germany
    Ranked 3rd in world under 18 2017
    Ranked 7th in world under 20 2017

The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will be the first time Olivia has represented
New Zealand. In 2017 she broke the national under 17 record which was held by Eliza
McCartney.

The height she cleared, 4.40m is still her personal best, ranking her 3rd in the world
for under 18 athletes and seventh in the world for under 20 athletes.

Olivia has won three national championship gold medals.

She is coached by Athletics NZ high performance pole vault coach Jeremy McColl and
is a member of the North Harbour Bays club.

In 2017 Olivia studied by correspondence school for the last year of her secondary
education as she spent a significant period of time training and competing in Europe.
Brad Mathas

Event:        800m
Age:          24
Birthplace:   Palmerston North
Club:         Christchurch Old Boys United
Coach:        Justin Rinaldi
PB:           1:46.44
2018 best:    1:46.44

Career highlights:

      7 x NZ senior 800m Champion
      NZ rep World University Games
      NZ rep World Junior Championships
      NZ rep Youth Olympic Games

Brad will be making his major international debut on the Gold Coast at the
Commonwealth Games.

His previous international experience has been at the 2015 World University Games
in Gwangju, South Korea.

Brad qualified for the Gold Coast Games at a race in Canberra on the last weekend
of the qualifying window, running a personal best of 1:46.44, moving up to eighth on
the NZ all-time 800m list.

Originally from Whanganui, Brad moved to Christchurch and then to Melbourne to
train with Australian coach Justin Rinaldi. He runs for the Christchurch Old Boys Club.
Joseph Millar

Event:        200m
Age:          25
Birthplace:   Tauranga
Club:         Tauranga Ramblers
PB:           20.37 (NZ record)
2018 best:    20.60

Career Highlights:
    6th 2017 World University Games 200m
    2 x Australian 200m champion
    2 x Australian 100m champion
    5 x NZ Sprint double championship winner

Gold Coast 2018 will be Joseph’s first Commonwealth Games.

He competed in the 100m and 200m at the 2017 World Championships in London,
his first major international competition.

Later that year he competed at the World University Games in Taipei, finishing 6th in
the 200m and narrowly missing the 100m final.
Earlier in his career he represented NZ in the 2010 World Junior Champs and the
2009 World Youth Champs.

At the 2017 NZ Champs he broke the NZ resident record for 100m, running 10.18 and
the 200m national record, recording 20.37. He has won the 100/200m at the national
championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017.
At the 2018 NZ Championships, he won a record-equalling fifth double sprint victory.

Joseph runs for the Tauranga Ramblers Club and has personal bests of 10.18 for
100m NZ Resident record), 20.37 for 200m (NZ national record), 46.99 for 400m.
Angie Petty

Event:        800m
Age:          26
Birthplace:   Christchurch
Club:         University of Canterbury
Coach:        Danny Mackey
PB:           1:59.06
2018 best:    2:00.73

Career Highlights:
    1st 2015 World University Games
    2015 World Championships semi-finalist
    2014 Commonwealth Games finalist
    11 NZ senior titles

Gold Coast will be Angie’s second Commonwealth Games, having placed fifth in the
800m in Glasgow 2014.

Angie has competed at three World Championships in Moscow 2013, Beijing 2015
and London 2017 and had her Olympic debut in Rio in 2016.

A breakthrough season in 2015 saw Angie win the World University Games 800m in
Korea with a stunning finish, running under two minutes for the first time in her
career, clocking 1:59.06. She became the third fastest NZ women over 800m.

Angie is married to English 800m middle distance runner, Sam Petty and they live in
Christchurch where she works part-time in early childhood education.

Angie has won a total of 11 NZ tiles over 800m and 1500m including taking the
double four times.

Coached by Danny Mackey, Angie competes for the University of Canterbury Club.
Julia Ratcliffe

Event:        Hammer
Age:          24
Birthplace:   Hamilton
Club:         Hamilton City Hawks
Coach:        Dave Ratcliffe
PB:           70.75m (NZ record)
2018 best:    68.39m

Career Highlights:
    2nd 2014 Commonwealth Games
    3rd 2015 World University Games
    1st 2014 NCAA Div I Championships
    4 x NZ Senior Hammer Champion

Gold Coast will be Julia’s second Commonwealth Games, having debuted in Glasgow
2014 where she finished second, with 69.96m.

The 24-year-old is back in New Zealand after completing a degree in the United
States at Princeton University. While in the USA she won the prestigious NCAA title in
the hammer in 2014.

Julia also represented New Zealand at the 2013, 2015 and 2017 World University
Games, taking the Bronze Medal in 2015.

Earlier in her career Julia competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships,
finishing fourth and at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Julia holds the NZ record with 70.75m,
Julia is coached by her father Dave and competes for the Hamilton City Hawks Club.
Quentin Rew

Event:        20km Race Walk
Age:          33
Birthplace:   Wellington
Club:         Wellington Harrier Athletic Club
Coach:        Brett Vallance
PB:           1:21:12 (NZ record)
2018 best:    1:21:55

Career Highlights:
    12th 2016 Olympic Games 50km race walk
    12th 2017 World Championships 50km race walk
    10th 2015 World Championships 50km race walk
    NZ record holder 20km & 50km race walk

Gold Coast will be Quentin’s first Commonwealth Games, although he has competed
at the Olympic Games London 2012 and Rio 2016 where he finished 27th and 12th
respectively.

At the Beijing 2015 World Championships he finished a highly creditable tenth in the
50km race and 17th in the 20km event.

At the World Championships in London 2017 he finished 12th in a NZ record of
3:46:29, ranking him 18th in the world for the 50km walk in 2017.

The 33 year old physiotherapist lives and trains in Melbourne, a stronghold of
Australian race-walking.

Quentin holds the NZ records for 3000m, 20km and 50km race walks.

Quentin is coached by Brett Vallance and belongs to Wellington Harrier Athletic Club.
Jake Robertson

Event:        10,000m
Age:          28
Birthplace:   Hamilton
Club:         Hamilton City Hawks
PB:           27:45.46
2018 best:    27:28 (10km road)

Career Highlights:

      1st 2018 Houston half Marathon
      1st 2017 Lisbon Half Marathon
      1st New Orleans 10km 2017 & 2018
      2nd 2017 Great North Run half Marathon
      NZ marathon record holder
      Ranked in the top 4 NZ all-time in 4 events

Jake represented New Zealand in 5,000m and 10,000m at the Glasgow
Commonwealth Games in 2014 finishing ninth and seventh respectively. He also
completed that double at the 2013 World Championships.
He has had two major victories over the half marathon distance winning in Lisbon in
2017 and Houston 2018, recording 60:01 on both occasions.
Zane is the fourth fastest New Zealander over 5000m and 10,000m, equal fastest
over 10km and the second fastest over the half marathon behind his twin brother
Zane and recently set the NZ marathon record.

His first New Zealand appearance was at the 2005 World Youth Championships and
he has represented New Zealand at the 2011 World Cross Country Championships,
2011 and 2013 World Championships, and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Jake and his twin brother Zane left New Zealand as 17 year olds to live and train in
Kenya.
Jake is a member of Hamilton City Hawks Athletics.

Personal bests: 5000 13:15.54, 10,000m 27:45.46, 10km 27:28, half marathon 60:01,
marathon 2:08:26
Zane Robertson

Event:        10,000m, Marathon
Age:          28
Birthplace:   Hamilton
Club:         Hamilton City Hawks
PB:           27:33.67 (NZ record), -
2018 best:    - ,-

Career Highlights:

      3rd 2014 Commonwealth Games 5000m
      12th 2016 Olympic Games 10,000m
      NZ record holder10,000m, 10km and half marathon
      Ranked in the top 4 NZ all-time in 6 events

Zane was the Bronze medallist in the 5000m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
in 2014.

At Rio 2016 he finished 12th in the 10,000m, running 27:33.67 slashing nine seconds
from Dick Quax’s NZ record.

In 2015 African based Zane ran an amazing 59:47 half marathon in Japan to slash 2
minutes from the New Zealand record and become the fourth fastest non-African
ever over the distance.

Zane has become one of the most versatile distance runners New Zealand has
produced, ranked the fourth fastest New Zealander on the all-time list for 1500m,
Mile, 3000m, the third fastest over 5000m, the fastest over 10,000m, 10km and the
quickest ever over the half marathon.
His first New Zealand appearance was at the 2011 World Cross Country
Championships and he has represented New Zealand at the 2017 and 2013 World
Championships, the 2014 World Indoor Championships, the Glasgow Commonwealth
Games as well as the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Zane and his twin brother Jake left New Zealand as 17 year olds to live and train in
Africa, spending time in both Ethiopia and Kenya.
Zane is a member of Hamilton City Hawks Athletics.

His personal bests: 1500m 3:34.19, 3000m, 7:41.37, 5000m 13:13.83, 10,000m
27:33.67 (NZ record), 10km, 27:28 (NZ record), half marathon 59:47 (NZ record)
Holly Robinson

Event:        F46 Javelin
Age:          23
Birthplace:   Christchurch
Club:         Athletics Taieri
Coach:        Raylene Bates
PB:           42.68 (NZ record)
2018 best:    42.33

Career Highlights:

    2nd 2016 Rio Paralympics
    2nd 2017 World Para Athletics
     Championships

Holly first represented New Zealand at the London 2012 Paralympic Games placing
seventh.

Four years later at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games she won the silver medal.

She placed second in the F46 Javelin at the 2017 World Para Athletics World
Championships in London with a throw of 42.41m, just below her New Zealand
record of 42.68 set earlier in the year.
Robinson, from the Taieri club in Dunedin, trains under coach Raylene Bates.
Nick Southgate

Event:        Pole Vault
Age:          23
Birthplace:   Auckland
Club:         North Harbour Bays
Coach:        Jeremy McColl
PB:           5.47m
2018 best:    5.35m

Career Highlights:
    9th 2017 World University Games.
    4th 2011 World Youth Championships.
    6 x NZ pole vault champion

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games will be Nick’s first major international
competition.

He started his international career by finishing fourth at the 2011 World Youth
Championships.

At his most recent international competition he finished ninth at the 2017 World
University Games.

Nick set his personal best of 5.47 finishing second at the Australian Championships in
2016.
He has won the last six NZ Championship pole vault titles.

Nick competes for the North Harbour Bays club and is coached by Athletics NZ high
performance pole vault coach Jeremy McColl.
Tom Walsh

Event:        Shot Put
Age:          26
Birthplace:   Timaru
Club:         South Canterbury Athletic Club
Coach:        Dale Stevenson
PB:           22.67m (NZ record)
2018 best:    22.67m

Career Highlights:
    1st 2017 World Championships
    1st 2018 World Indoor Champs
    1st 2016 World Indoor Champs
    3rd 2016 Rio Olympics
    2nd 2014 Commonwealth Games
    Winner 9 consecutive NZ shot put titles

Gold Coast will be Tom’s second Commonwealth Games. In Glasgow 2014 he won
silver. Tom also finished third at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Tom placed fourth at his first World Championships, in Beijing 2015, and then
became New Zealand’s first ever athletics male world champion at the London 2017
World Championships.
Since then he won the 2018 World Indoor Championships to retain his 2016 title.

Recently Tom extended his personal best and NZ record to 22.67m. Noone has
thrown further since 1990.

Tom is originally from Geraldine and now lives and trains in Christchurch. He works
part-time as a builder when he is not training and competing overseas.

Coached by Athletics NZ High Performance Programme coach Dale Stevenson with
input from strength and conditioning expert Angus Ross, Tom competes for South
Canterbury Athletic Club.
Athletics and the Commonwealth Games - Medal History
127 NZ Commonwealth Games Athletics Medals:

35 Gold      44 Silver   48 Bronze

Gold
1930 Hamilton             6 miles              John Savidan
1930 Hamilton             Javelin              Stan Lay
1934 London               1 mile               Jack Lovelock
1938 Sydney               880y                 Vernon Boot
1938 Sydney               3 miles              Cecil Matthews
1938 Sydney               6 miles              Cecil Matthews
1950 Auckland             6 miles              Harold Nelson
1950 Auckland             Long Jump            Yvette Williams
1954 Vancouver            220y                 Don Jowett
1954 Vancouver            Long Jump            Yvette Williams
1954 Vancouver            Shot Put             Yvette Williams
1954 Vancouver            Discus               Yvette Williams
1958 Cardiff              3 miles              Murray Halberg
1958 Cardiff              Shot put             Valerie Sloper
1962 Perth                880y                 Peter Snell
1962 Perth                1 mile               Peter Snell
1962 Perth                3 miles              Murray Halberg
1962 Perth                Shot put             Valerie Sloper
1962 Perth                Shot put             Valerie Sloper
1966 Kingston             3000m steeplechase   Peter Welsh
1966 Kingston             Discus               Les Mills
1966 Kingston             Decathlon            Roy Williams
1966 Kingston             Shot Put             Valerie Sloper
1966 Kingston             Discus               Valerie Sloper
1974 Christchurch         10,000m              Dick Tayler
1974 Christchurch         Discus               Robin Tait
1982 Brisbane             Javelin              Mike O’Rourke
1982 Brisbane             3000m                Anne Audain
1990 Auckland             High Jump            Tania Dixon
1998 Kuala Lumpur         Discus               Beatrice Faumuina
2002 Manchester           Discus               Beatrice Faumuina
2006 Melbourne            1500m                Nick Willis
2006 Melbourne            Shot put             Valerie Adams
2010 Delhi                Shot put             Valerie Adams
2014 Glasgow              Shot put             Valerie Adams
Silver
1938 Sydney         Javelin       Stan Lay
1938 Sydney         1760y relay   NZ Men
1950 Auckland       3 miles       Harold Nelson
1950 Auckland       440y          John Holland
1950 Auckland       Long Jump     Bevan Hough
1950 Auckland       80m hurdles   June Schoch
1950 Auckland       Javelin       Yvette Williams
1950 Auckland       440y relay    NZ Women
1954 Vancouver      440y          Don Jowett
1958 Cardiff        Discus        Les Mills
1958 Cardiff        High jump     Mary Donoghy
1958 Cardiff        Discus        Jennifer Thompson
1962 Perth          1 mile        John Davies
1962 Perth          Long Jump     Dave Norris
1962 Perth          100y          Doreen Porter
1962 Perth          880y          Marise Chamerlain
1966 Kingston       Shot Put      Les Mills
1970 Edinburgh      1500m         Dick Quax
1970 Edinburgh      Discus        Les Mills
1970 Edinburgh      Shot Put      Barbara Beable
1974 Christchurch   1500m         John Walker
1974 Christchurch   Marathon      Jack Foster
1974 Christchurch   800m          Sue Haden
1974 Christchurch   Shot put      Valerie Sloper
1978 Edmonton       Javelin       Mike O’Rourke
1978 Edmonton       3000m         Heather Thompson
1982 Brisbane       1500m         John Walker
1986 Edinburgh      10,000m       Anne Audain
1986 Edinburgh      Marathon      Lorraine Moller
1990 Auckland       Decathlon     Simon Poelman
1990 Auckland       19km walk     Anne Judkins
1994 Victoria       Discus        Beatrice Faumuina
1994 Victoria       Javelin       Kirsten Smith
1994 Victoria       Shot put      Courtney Ireland
2002 Manchester     Hammer        Phil Jensen
2002 Manchester     50km walk     Craig Barrett
2002 Manchester     Shot put      Valerie Adams
2006 Melbourne      50km walk     Tony Sargisson
2010 Delhi          Javelin       Stuart Farquhar
2010 Delhi          Decathlon     Brent Newdick
2010 Delhi          800m             Nikki Hamblin
2010 Delhi          1500m            Nikki Hamblin
2014 Glasgow        Shot put         Tom Walsh
2014 Glasgow        Hammer           Julia Ratcliffe

Bronze
1934 London         Triple Jump      Harold Brainsby
1938 Sydney         Hammer           James Leckie
1938 Sydney         80m hurdles      Rona Tong
1938 Sydney         High Jump        Elizabeth Forbes
1950 Auckland       220y             Don Jowett
1950 Auckland       440y             Dave Batten
1950 Auckland       1 mile           Moss Marshall
1950 Auckland       6 miles          Noel Taylor
1950 Auckland       Marathon         James Clarke
1950 Auckland       Long Jump        Dave Dephoff
1950 Auckland       440y relay       NZ Men
1950 Auckland       1760y Relay      NZ Men
1950 Auckland       80m hurdles      Joan Shackleton
1950 Auckland       High Jump        Noeline Swinton
1950 Auckland       Long Jump        Ruth Dowman
1950 Auckland       Javelin          Cleo Rivett-Carnac
1958 Cardiff        3 miles          Neville Scott
1958 Cardiff        Pole Vault       Merv Richards
1958 Cardiff        Triple jump      Dave Norris
1958 Cardiff        Valerie Sloper   Discus
1962 Perth          80m hurdles      Avis McIntosh
1962 Perth          440y relay       NZ Women
1966 Kingston       1mile            Ian Studd
1966 Kingston       Marathon         Mike Ryan
1966 Kingston       Discus           Robin Tait
1966 Kingston       20miles walk     Norman Read
1970 Edinburgh      Shot Put         Les Mills
1974 Christchurch   200m             Bevan Smith
1974 Christchurch   800m             John Walker
1982 Brisbane       Long Jump        Steve Walsh
1982 Brisbane       1500m            Lorraine Moller
1982 Brisbane       3000m            Lorraine Moller
1986 Edinburgh      Javelin          Gavin Lovegrove
1986 Edinburgh      Decathlon        Simon Poelman
1990 Auckland       1500m          Peter O’Donoghue
1990 Auckland       Pole Vault     Simon Poelman
1990 Auckland       Hammer         Angus Cooper
1990 Auckland       Javelin        Gavin Lovegrove
1990 Auckland       10,000m        Barbara Moore
1990 Auckland       High Jump      Tracy Phillips
1994 Victoria       Javelin        Gavin Lovegrove
1994 Victoria       30km walk      Scott Nelson
1998 Kuala Lumpur   Heptathlon     Joanne Henry
2006 Melbourne      High Jump      Angela McKee
2010 Delhi          1500m          Nick Willis
2010 Delhi          100m hurdles   Andrea Miller
2014 Glasgow        1500m          Nick Willis
2014 Glasgow        5000m          Zane Robertson
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