Oliver 'Olli' Hoare (born 29 January 1997) is an Australian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who primarily competes in the

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. He notably won the 1500 m at the

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in a Games record of 3:30.12.

Career

Early years

Hoare's grandfather,

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veteran Sergeant Fred Hoare, was a member of his local athletics club, and the reason for his father's and Hoare's own love of athletics. His father Greg was a track runner and a dual world beach-running champion, and Hoare took up the same activities. Hoare won the U15 (2012) and U17 (2013) 2 km beach run at the Australian titles along with team medals in the swim and board races. Hoare also swam at state level but then decided to concentrate on athletics.

Focus on athletics

In 2015, Hoare won the Australian U20 cross-country championship. He then left his local school and studied at Trinity Grammar School, which had a strong sports system. He was coached by Brad Woods. He also befriended

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from the neighbouring

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, who had a strong influence on his athletics career. McDonald was a four-time NCAA champion competing for the

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and Hoare followed him there. While competing collegiately for the

, Hoare won the

at the

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. He also set the

and

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records in indoor mile. After graduating, Hoare signed to run professionally under the newly formed On Athletics Club, sponsored by the running shoe company On.

International prominence

In February 2021 at the

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, Hoare set the Australian and Oceanian record for the indoor 1500 m with a time of 3:32.35, which was also the seventh fastest all-time indoor mark. At the postponed Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, Hoare competed in the 1500 m. He finished third in a heat (in 3:36.09), fourth in a semi-final (in 3:34.35) and 11th in the final (in 3:35.79), which was won by

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from Norway. On 4 December 2021 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in

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, Hoare broke the Australian and Oceanian indoor

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record by over 27 seconds with a time of 13:09.96. Fellow On Athletics Club runner

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finished second in that race with a time of 13:12.53 to set the New Zealand indoor record. On his birthday, 29 January 2022, Hoare ran the men's

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at the 114th

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with a time of 3:50.83. The time took the Australian and Oceanian indoor mile record off

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, and placed Hoare as the 11th fastest indoor miler ever. He also became the first Australian to win the Wanamaker Mile in the race's 96-year history. On 16 June 2022 at the

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, Hoare set the Australian and Oceanian outdoor mile record with a time of 3:47.48, finishing just behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen. On 6 August 2022 at the

held in

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, he won the 1500 m men's final, setting a personal best and a new Games record of 3:30.12, beating Olympic silver medallist and 2019 world champion Timothy Cheruiyot (3:30.21) and 2022 world champion

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(3:30.53). Hoare became the first Australian to take the

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1500 m or mile title since

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in 1958. In February 2023 at the

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, held in Australia, Hoare led a team in the mixed relay, alongside

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, Stewart McSweyn and Abbey Caldwell, winning a bronze medal. On 15 June 2023 at the

, Hoare set the Oceanian outdoor 1500 m record with a time of 3:29.41 to finish 7th. In late July, Hoare disclosed that he had a small sports hernia and would not be competing in the

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or the remainder of the 2023 outdoor season. As he came back from the injury, the first major one in his career, Hoare sustained another injury, a sacral stress reaction.

Competition record

International competitions

National and NCAA titles

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: 2022 *

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** 1500 metres:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoare, Oliver 1997 births Living people Athletes from Sydney Australian male middle-distance runners Wisconsin Badgers men's cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Olympic athletes for Australia 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) Sportsmen from New South Wales