Brendan Cole (sprinter)

{{Short description|Australian hurdler (born 1981)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

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|name=Brendan Cole

| image= Brendan Cole 2012.JPG

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| caption= Brendan Cole at the 2012 Summer Olympics

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|5|29}}

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| height={{height|m=1.87}}

| weight={{cvt|78|kg}}

| country= {{AUS}}

| sport =Athletics

| event=4 × 400m Relay

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{{Medal|Competition|Competitor for {{AUS}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2010 Delhi | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay}}

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Brendan Cole (born 29 May 1981) is an Australian hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 400 metres hurdles and the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cole-brendan-1090254/|title=Brendan Cole|work=2012 Summer Olympics|access-date=10 September 2012|archive-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526152807/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cole-brendan-1090254/|url-status=dead}}

Cole was a member of the Australian 4 × 400 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli.

In 2012, Cole won the prestigious Burnie Gift, becoming the first athlete from Australia's capital city - Canberra, to win the Burnie Gift.