Lachlan Renshaw

Who is Lachlan Renshaw?

Lachlan Renshaw is a middle-distance track and field athlete and is the 2010 Australian Champion over 800m. He was also the 2008 800m national champion. Lachlan represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing sixth in his heat in a time of 1:49.19. In 2010 he competed in the 800m 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, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World University Games Championships in Bangkok, Thailand and Belgrade, Serbia, finish 5th in the 800m in Belgrade. His personal best time for the 800m is 1:45.73, for 1500m is 3:47.69, for the 400m is 47.33, and he also holds the Australian 600m Record at 1:15.14.

Lachlan attended Sydney Grammar School and was a winner of the Open 800m Championship event at the AAGPS Athletics Competition for four years running, setting the 800m record of 1:50.63 in his final year of school. He was further a member of the 4 x 400m team which holds the AAGPS record.