Hamish Kerr (born 17 August 1996) is a New Zealand

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er. He won the gold medal at the

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and bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Kerr is the Oceanian indoor record holder in the high jump and holds the New Zealand outdoor record.

Career

In June 2019, Kerr equalled the national record with a jump of 2.30 m, winning the gold medal at the

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. He went on to compete at the

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, Italy in July and then the

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in October in

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, Qatar. In February 2021, he improved the national record with 2.31 m at the Newtown Park Stadium,

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. Later the same year at the postponed

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, he finished 10th in the men's high jump final with a clearance of 2.30 m. Kerr competed at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in

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, Serbia in March, where he surpassed the 39-year-old New Zealand indoor record of Roger Te Puni (of 2.16 m) with a bronze medal-winning jump of 2.31 m (tied with

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). He won the

in June that year, jumping 2.24 m. In August, he claimed the gold medal at the

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held in

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with a jump of 2.25 m. In February 2023 at the Banskobystricka latka in

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, Slovakia, Kerr broke

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's Oceanian indoor record dating back to 1997 with a clearance of 2.34 m, an outright lifetime best.

Personal bests

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– (

2021) ** High jump indoor – (

2023) Oceanian record

References

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NZ rankings
* * * 1996 births Living people New Zealand male high jumpers Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Olympic athletes for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Sportspeople from Dunedin World Athletics Indoor Championships winners {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub