EVENT: Athletics, Women's Pole Vault
Olivia McTaggart is one of three Kiwi women who have won selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in women's pole vault.
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EVENT: Athletics, Women's Pole Vault
Olivia McTaggart is one of three Kiwi women who have won selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in women's pole vault.
Coached by Scott Simpson, the Auckland-based athlete was a former gymnast before switching to the pole vault, where at the age of 18 she competed at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games finishing ninth.
In 2022, she impressed at the World Athletics Indoor Championships to place sixth before later that year claiming fourth at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
A two-time World Championships representative, in 2023 Olivia achieved her personal best of 4.71m to take victory at the Auckland Championships.
Olivia's brother is weightlifter Cameron McTaggart who represented his country at the Tokyo 2022 Olympic Games and Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
