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Eliza McCartney

1996 - Today

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Eliza McCartney (born 11 December 1996) is a New Zealand track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault and won the bronze medal in this event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the current New Zealand and Oceania record holder at 4.94 m (16 ft 2+1⁄4 in), and is the outdoor world junior record holder at 4.64 m (15 ft 2+1⁄2 in) (her absolute junior record has since been passed indoors). She also won the silver medal at the Summer Universiade in 2015. In 2018, she placed second at the Commonwealth Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Eliza McCartney is the 7,330th most popular athlete (down from 6,688th in 2024), the 297th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eliza McCartney ranks 7,330 out of 6,025Before her are Rayssa Leal, Célia Aymonier, Hirooki Arai, Zhu Yaming, Ryūtarō Matsumoto, and Ali Kaya. After her are Mario Gyr, Jorinde van Klinken, Balázs Baji, Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin, Chris Tomlinson, and Susan O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Eliza McCartney ranks 855Before her are Junior Ajayi, Ivan Šunjić, Adrian Grbić, Yoon Chae-kyung, Cathelijn Peeters, and Leah Lewis. After her are Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Timo Hübers, Wang Jianan, Annalisa Cochrane, Wiktoria Johansson, and Beto da Silva.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Eliza McCartney ranks 297 out of 303Before her are Campbell Stewart (1998), Mitch Evans (1994), Peter Burling (1991), Marcus Daniell (1989), Julian Dennison (2002), and Corbin Strong (2000). After her are Phil Keoghan (1967), Kerri Gowler (1993), Westley Gough (1988), Liberato Cacace (2000), Hayden Paddon (1987), and Alison Shanks (1982).

Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Eliza McCartney ranks 52Before her are Joseph Sullivan (1987), Hamish Bond (1986), Campbell Wright (2002), Natalie Rooney (1988), Georgina Evers-Swindell (1978), and Peter Burling (1991). After her are Kerri Gowler (1993), Nathan Cohen (1986), Peter Taylor (1984), Emma Twigg (1987), George Bridgewater (1983), and Kelsey Bevan (1990).