Olivia McTaggart

Olivia McTaggart (born 9 January 2000) is a pole vault athlete from New Zealand.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[2] The same year she was a recipient of the AMP National Scholarship.^[3]

In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia^[2] 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.^[4][5] 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.

She won the Diamond League London Athletics Meet on July 19, 2025 with a personal best of 4.73^[6]