Lachlan Renshaw (born 2 April 1987 in

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) is a middle-distance

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athlete and is the 2010

n Champion over

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. He was also the 2008 800 m national champion. He represented Australia at the

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, finishing sixth in his heat in a time of 1:49.19. In 2010 he competed in the 800 m at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, progressing through the rounds to the final, but was unable to start in the final due to injury. Lachlan has also competed at the international level at the 2006 World Junior Championships (3rd in his semi-final), as well as the

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and 2009 World University Games, finishing fifth in the 800 m in the latter event. His personal best time for the 800 m is 1:45.73, for

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is 3:47.69, for the

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is 47.33, and he also holds the Australian record for the 600 metres at 1:15.14. Lachlan attended

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and was a winner of the Open 800 m Championship event at the

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Athletics Competition for four years running, setting the 800 m record of 1:50.63 in his final year of school. He was further a member of the

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team which holds the AAGPS record.

Statistics

Personal bests

Major competition record

National titles

*800 metres: 2008, 2010 (2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Renshaw, Lachlan 1987 births Living people Australian male middle-distance runners Athletes from Sydney Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia People educated at Sydney Grammar School Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Australian sportsmen