Ollie Hoare

Oliver 'Ollie' Hoare (born 29 January 1997) is an Australian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres.[1]

Oliver Hoare
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997
Sydney, Australia
Sport
Country Australia
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 metres
University teamWisconsin
ClubOn Athletics Club
Coached byDathan Ritzenhein

Hoare competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where he qualified for the final of the Men's 1500m. He achieved this by coming third in his heat with a time of 3:36.09. In the semi-final Hoare ran one of his best times ever (3:34.35) to qualify for the final. Unfortunately he couldn't match this time in the final and finished 11th behind the eventual winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway.[2]

Early years

Hoare's father Greg was a good track runner and world beach running champion over 2 km. This rubbed off on him and he won the U15 (2012) and U17 (2013) 2 km beach run at the Australian titles along with team medals in the swim and board races.

Hoare swam at State level but then decided to concentrate on athletics. In 2015 he won the 2015 Australian cross-country championships as a 17-year-old competing in the under 20's. Hoare then left his local school and studied at the Combined Associated School Trinity Grammar. There was a strong sports system and he was coached by Brad Woods. He became good friends with Morgan McDonald from the neighbouring school, Newington who had a strong influence on his athletics career. McDonald was a four-time NCAA champion competing for the University of Wisconsin and Hoare followed him there.[3]

Achievements

He competed collegiately for the University of Wisconsin, where he won the 1500 metres at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also set the University of Wisconsin and Big Ten Conference records in indoor mile.[4] After graduating, Hoare signed to run professionally under the newly formed On Athletics Club, which is sponsored by the running shoe company On.[5]

On 13 February 2021 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Hoare set the Australian record for the indoor 1500 metres with a time of 3:32.35, which was also the seventh fastest all-time indoor 1500.[6][7]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References
  1. Ollie Hoare at World Athletics
  2. "Athletics HOARE Oliver - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 17 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Oliver Hoare". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. "2019 Men's Cross Country Roster - Olli Hoare". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. "Ollie Hoare in Hot Form in the U.S." Runnerstribe.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. John Salvado (14 February 2021). "Australian runners smash records". 7news.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  7. Reid, Andre (15 February 2021). "'Wow': Aussie runner stuns athletics in never-before-seen moment". au.sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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