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Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 7 August 2005||||||||||||||
Relative | Welrè Olivier (brother) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Triple jump champion (2024, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Personal bests | Triple jump: 17.01m (2024) NR | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ethan Olivier (born 7 August 2005) is a track and field athlete. He is the New Zealand record holder in the triple jump. [1]
Born in Auckland [2] to South African parents, he moved to Vereeniging, South Africa as a child. He and his older brother Welrè, also a triple jumper, hold dual New Zealand and South African. [3]
Olivier attended High School Overvaal. [4] He is coached by his father Wikus, a former South African national champion in the triple jump. [5] He studies at North-West University. [6]
He declared for New Zealand in 2021. [7] In 2022, he finished fourth in the men’s triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [8]
In February 2023, he set U20/U19 and U18 New Zealand national records with a jump of 16.22m in Potchefstroom, South Africa. [9] In June 2023, he broke the NZ triple jump record of his elder brother, Welre, with a 16.67m leap in Brussels. [10]
In February 2024, in his first ever competition in New Zealand, he won the International Track Meet in Christchurch with a wind assisted 16.85 metres. [11] [12] He jumped 16.62m to win the New Zealand national senior title in Wellington in 2024. [13]
He competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [14] [2] On 29 August 2024, he won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a jump of 17.01 metres. [15]
He finished in fifth place in the triple jump at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. [16] The following week, he finished sixth at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025. [17]