Gavin Brian Lovegrove was a javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er from New Zealand

New Zealand

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, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics, (Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996). He won a bronze medal at three consecutive Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

: in 1986 (Edinburgh), 1990 (Auckland) and 1994 (Victoria).

Lovegrove was also a former world junior record holder (76.68m) Athens

Athens

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, Greece

Greece

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 1986 and (79.58m) Noumea

Nouméa

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, New Caledonia

New Caledonia

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 1986. A six-time national champion

National champions Javelin (men)

Below a list of all national champions in the Men's javelin event in track and field from several countries since 1980.- Australia:*1980: Manfred Rohkämper*1981: Michael O'Rourke *1982: Garry Calvert*1983: Dave Dixon*1984: Dave Dixon...

 Lovegrove now works as a graphic designer and web developer in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Personal bests

Event	Distance	Place	Date
Javelin	88.20m NR New Zealand records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand ....	Oslo	1996

Annual Progression

• 1985 - 77.12m (700gm) & 80.00m (800gm - old specifications rules javelin)
• 1986 - 79.58m (800gm - new specifications rules javelin) - World Junior Record
• 1987 - 80.20m (800gm)
• 1988 - 80.70m
• 1989 - 83.90m
• 1990 - 82.64m
• 1991 - 85.18m (Rough tailed implement)
• 1992 - 86.14m
• 1993 - 85.34m
• 1994 - 84.50m
• 1995 - 85.54m
• 1996 - 88.20m NR
  New Zealand records in athletics
  The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand ....
  
  
• 1997 - 82.38m

Achievements

Representing
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	23rd	74.16 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	84.24 m
1992	Olympic Games Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes...	Barcelona, Spain	9th	77.08 m
1993	World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin...	Stuttgart, Germany	15th	77.08 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	20th	74.98 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , USA	23rd	77.12 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	21st	75.62 m