Stuart Gyngell

{{Short description|Australian shot put athlete}}

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| birth_name = Stuart Paul Gyngell

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|25|df=yes}}

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| country = {{flagu|Australia}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Shot put

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1986 Edinburgh|Shot put}}

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Stuart Paul Gyngell (born 25 November 1963) is an Australian former athlete who specialised in shot put.{{cite news |last1=Rowles |first1=Lucy |title=Former world champion Gyngell returns to open carnival |url=https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/854709/former-world-champion-gyngell-returns-to-open-carnival/ |work=Daily Liberal |date=7 January 2010 |language=en-AU}}{{cite news |last1=Field |first1=Antony |title=Gyngell smashes Australian record |url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1950615/gyngell-smashes-australian-record/ |work=Illawarra Mercury |date=4 December 2013 |language=en-AU}}

Gyngell, a Sydney-based thrower, set a national shot put record in 1985 of 18.89m.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101972383 |title=Etienne saves best to last |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=27 January 1988 |page=37 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was Australia's national title holder in the shot put in both 1985 and 1986.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122484347 |title=Times Sport |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=17 February 1985 |page=3 (Sport) |via=National Library of Australia}} At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, he claimed a bronze medal in the shot put, finishing behind Billy Cole and Joe Quigley. Soon after he gave up competitive athletics, partly motivated by an ambition to become a Christian minister. He is also qualified as a veterinary surgeon.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118291734 |title=Gyngell makes strong comeback |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=16 October 1994 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}