Aaron Neighbour

Australian athlete

Aaron Neighbour (born 2 December 1977) is a retired Australian discus thrower and shot putter.

He finished sixth in the shot put at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and eleventh in the discus throw at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where he threw 49.61m.

Neighbour became Australian discus champion in 2001.[1] His personal best discus throw was 64.26 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Salinas, California. His personal best shot put was 18.95 metres, achieved in July 1998 in Melbourne.[2]

Aaron's sister Gabrielle Neighbour has won three senior national titles in Hammer Throw, and represented Australia three times in that event at the Commonwealth Games.

References

  1. ^ "Australian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ^ "All-Athletics profile". Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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Australian national champions in men's discus throw
  • 1930: Jim Watson (USA)
  • 1932: John Wallace
  • 1934: William MacKenzie
  • 1936: Harry Wilson
  • 1937 – 1947: Keith Pardon
  • 1948 – 1950: Ian Reed
  • 1951 – 1953: Keith Pardon
  • 1954: Ian Reed
  • 1955: Anthony Kenk
  • 1956: Charles Rann
  • 1957 – 1959: Ves Balodis
  • 1960: Warwick Selvey
  • 1961: Harry Mitsilias
  • 1962 – 1967: Warwick Selvey
  • 1968: Jay Silvester (USA)
  • 1969: Len Vlahov
  • 1970 – 1973: Warwick Selvey
  • 1974: Richard Priman
  • 1975: Len Vlahov
  • 1976: Merv Kemp
  • 1977: Richard Priman
  • 1978: Wayne Martin
  • 1979: Jim Howard (USA)
  • 1980 – 1981: Phil Nettle
  • 1982: Vlad Slavnic
  • 1983 – 1987: Paul Nandapi
  • 1988 – 1995: Werner Reiterer
  • 1996: Justin Anlezark
  • 1997: Gerard Duffy
  • 1998: Ian Winchester (NZL)
  • 1999: Gerard Duffy
  • 2000: Ian Winchester (NZL)
  • 2001: Aaron Neighbour
  • 2002 – 2003: Peter Elvy
  • 2004 – 2006: Scott Martin
  • 2006 – 2008: Benn Harradine
  • 2009: Bertrand Vili (FRA)
  • 2010 – 2012: Benn Harradine
  • 2013: Liam Speers
  • 2014: Benn Harradine
  • 2015: Julian Wruck
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