Career
He was the silver medallist in the men"s javelin at the 2010. In April 2012 he recorded a new personal best of 86.31 metres in Hiroshima, Japan. He finished sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup.
In addition he competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
He improved on his previous Olympic result by finishing 20th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Farquhar finished 9th in the men"s javelin final at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a throw of 80.22 metres.
1998 - 63.82 2000 - 72.22 2002 - 78.51 2003 - 76.41 2004 - 79.68 2005 - 72.14 2006 - 81.70 2007 - 78.08 2008 - 83.23 2009 - 80.16 2010 - 85.35 2011 - 84.21 2012 - 86.31 2013 - 81.07 2014 - 79.69 2015 - 82.75.