Olivia McTaggart

Olivia McTaggart (born 9 January 2000) is a pole vault athlete from New Zealand.^[1] She was born in Australia and later moved with her family to Greenhithe, in Auckland, New Zealand. She attended Kristin School.

Olivia McTaggart

Personal information
Born	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24) Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Relative	Cameron McTaggart (brother)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	North Harbour Bays Athletics

McTaggart was a competitive gymnast for 10 years before changing to pole vaulting due to a back injury in 2014. After less than six months in the sport, she competed at the Australian Junior Championships in the under-16 event and won a bronze medal.^[1]

In 2017 McTaggart broke the New Zealand under-17 record previously held by Eliza McCartney. The height she cleared, 4.40m, placed her third in the world for under-18 athletes and seventh in the world for under-20 athletes.^[2] The same year she was a recipient of the AMP National Scholarship.^[3]

In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia^[2] where she finished ninth with a clearance of 4.30m. Her brother Cameron also competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the men's 77 kg division weightlifting.^[4][5] That year she also competed at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland where she finished fifth in the final also with a clearance of 4.30m.

In 2019 McTaggart competed at the Universiade in Napoli, Italy, where she finished fourth with a mark of 4.31m.

She represented NZ at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships where she came sixth with a clearance of 4.60m.

Personal bests

Outdoor

Performance	Location	Date
4.71m	AUT Millennium, Auckland (NZL)	11 March 2023

Indoor

Performance	Location	Date
4.60m	Belgrade	19 March 2022

References

1. "Athletics: Five minutes with Olivia McTaggart". NZ Herald. 1 August 2017. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
2. "Olivia McTaggart | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
3. "2017 Scholarship Recipients | AMP". www.amp.co.nz. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
4. "Pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart raising the bar". College Sport Media. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
5. "Commonwealth Games: Siblings set to soar on the Gold Coast". VAULTER Magazine. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

• Olivia McTaggart at World Athletics
• Olivia McTaggart at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Olivia McTaggart at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)