Peter Farmer (hammer thrower)

Peter Farmer

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1952-06-25) 25 June 1952 (age 73) Sydney, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer thrower
Club	Randwick Botany Harriers
Medal record Men's Athletics British Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Hammer throw 1978 Edmonton Hammer throw

Peter John Farmer (born 25 June 1952) is an Australian born hammer thrower who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, he moved to El Paso, Texas, USA, in the early 1970s to pursue his academic career at University of Texas at El Paso, where he completed his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. ^[1] He twice competed at the IAAF World Cup. ^[2]

He participated in: ^[3]

• 1974 British Commonwealth Games - Bronze Medal
• 1976 Summer Olympics
• 1978 Commonwealth Games - Gold Medal
• 1980 Summer Olympics

Farmer twice won the British AAA Championships title at the 1978 AAA Championships and the 1979 AAA Championships. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

After retiring from competition, he held coaching appointments including national coach of Mexico, throwing coach of Norway and at the Australian Institute of Sport.^{[ citation needed ]}

Farmer was also a television sports reporter and international commentator (Network 10 and ABC); and executive director of a non-profit sports and recreation community organization.^{[ citation needed ]}

Farmer wrote a book on planning and management of sport facilities, and has written several book chapters and articles in the areas of risk management, event and facility management, and areas in track and field.^{[ citation needed ]}

He has resided between the USA (Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana) and Australia.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. 2003 UTEP Hall of Fame. UTEP Athletics. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
2. Peter Farmer. IAAF. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
3. "Peter FARMER (NSW)". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011.
4. "Stewart Mystery" . Sunday Mirror. 3 August 1975. Retrieved 31 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
6. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2025.