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

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.

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. The same year she was a recipient of the AMP National Scholarship.

In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia 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. 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

Indoor

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)

• 2000 births
• Living people
• New Zealand female pole vaulters
• Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Australian Athletics Championships winners
• People educated at Kristin School
• Australian emigrants to New Zealand
• People from North Shore, New Zealand
• Athletes from Auckland
• New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for New Zealand
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen