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

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, in Auckland, New Zealand. She attended

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. 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

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. 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

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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 Olivia competed at the

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, Italy, where she finished fourth with a mark of 4.31m. She represented NZ at the

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where she came sixth with a clearance of 4.60m.

Personal bests

Outdoor Indoor

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McTaggart, Olivia 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