Nicola Olyslagers

Nicola Olyslagers
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1996-12-28) 28 December 1996 (age 28)
North Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
EducationUniversity of Sydney[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
World finals
  • 2023 Budapest
  • High jump,  Bronze
Personal best
  • High jump: 2.03 m (6 ft 7+34 in) AR (Eugene 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo High jump
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris High jump
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest High jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Glasgow High jump
Diamond League
Second place 2023 High jump
Second place 2024 High jump
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast High jump

Nicola Lauren Olyslagers (née McDermott) (born 28 December 1996) is an Australian high jumper.[3] She won the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020[4][5] and Paris 2024 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the high jump. Olyslagers is the current high jump Oceanian record holder, and the world champion at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[6]

  1. ^ "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Nicola McDermott". eurosport.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Nicola McDermott". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Australia's Nicola McDermott wins silver in Tokyo Olympics women's high jump". ABC News. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Aussie high jumper's stunning silver medal display". Yahoo Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's High Jump Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

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