Olivia Gross

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Olivia Gross
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 22)
Sport
Sport athletics
Event Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pole vault: 4.35m (Perth, 2025)

Olivia Gross (born 29 August 2002) is an Australian track and field athlete. In 2024, she was runner-up at the Australian Athletics Championships in the pole vault. [1]

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Career

From Geelong, Victoria, [2] she later became based in Perth, Western Australia, joining the Western Australian Institute for Sport on a scholarship in 2021. [3] She came third in the Australian Athletics Championships in March 2023, equalling her personal best clearance of 4.10m. [4]

On 27 March 2024, she set a new personal best clearance of 4.20m in Perth. [5] She finished runner-up at the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide on 13 April 2024. [6] [7] [8] She increased her personal best to 4.35 metres at the Perth Classic on 1 March 2025. [9]

Personal life

She is the sister of sprinter Mia Gross. [10] [11] She is a trained Pilates instructor. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "O.Gross". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Young Geelong pole vaulters Cassidy Bradshaw and Olivia Gross eye Vic County gold". Geelong Advertiser. 25 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Reilly, Eliza (16 October 2021). "Emerging Victorian pole vaulter Olivia Gross joins WAIS after being inspired by Nina Kennedy at training camp". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "liveresults.qldathletics.org". watch-athlerics. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Strive Program D". World Athletics. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Womens Pole Vault". Roster Athletics. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Australia Athletics Championships 2024: Full list of medal winners". Olympics.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Smythe, Steve (16 April 2024). "World leads galore in Florida and Amber Anning improves again". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Perth Track Classic". World Athletics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Bieske, Sarah (18 May 2024). "Mia and Olivia Gross aiming high in world track and field". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mia Gross records qualifying time for World Junior Championships". Geelong Advertiser. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Olivia Gross – Jumping from East to West". wais.org. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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