Olin Hacker

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| caption = Hacker (left) at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

| nationality = American

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long distance running

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Mile: 3:56.59 (Saint Louis, 2023)
3000m: 7:38.10 (Luzern, 2023)
5000m: 13:08.76 (Boston, 2024)
5km (road): 13:27 (Boston, 2023)

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Olin Hacker (born 21 May 1996) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a long distance runner. He was runner-up at the US national indoors championships in 2024 over 3000 metres.{{cite web|title= Olin Hacker|website=World Athletics|accessdate=17 February 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/olin-hacker-14651787}}

Early life & family

Olin attended Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin and won state cross country titles in 2013 and 2014, as well becoming state champion in the mile and two-mile distances.

His father, Tim Hacker was from a family of long distance runners. He was a collegiate champion cross country runner, as well as the United States cross country champion in 1997 and the nation’s 5,000-meter champion in 1989. He has two older brothers, Sam and Wilson and a sister called Vivian, all of whom have competed in athletics.{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Weyer|website= The Oval Magazine|date=September 11, 2022|title=2 Hacker Boys, 1 Shared Dream, 37 Years Apart|url= https://www.theovalmagazine.com/post/2-hacker-boys-1-shared-dream-37-years-apart|accessdate=17 February 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.gmtoday.com/sports/super-hacker-brothers/article_f3d0ebee-0e47-11eb-b6ee-bf85e2377bc5.html|accessdate=17 February 2024|title= Super Hacker brothers|first=Dave|last=Radcliffe|date=October 14, 2020}}

Career

Hacker won the NCAA title outdoors over 5000 metres in Eugene, Oregon in 2022 in a time of 13:27.73, competing for the University of Wisconsin.{{cite web|url= https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2022/06/13/olin-hacker-wins-5-000-meters-wisconsin-badgers-just-like-his-dad/7609837001/|date=23 June 2022|accessdate=17 February 2024|title= Olin Hacker wins national title for Badgers track and field, the latest chapter in the Hacker distance running legacy|first=JR|last=Radcliffe|website= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel }}

In 2023, he finished third at the US national indoors championships in Albuquerque, in 8:14.33.{{cite web|title= OLIN HACKER 3RD PLACE MEN'S 3000M - USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023|date=17 February 2023|accessdate=17 February 2024|url= https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=349969-Olin-Hacker-3rd-Place-Men-039-s-3000m-USATF-Indoor-Championships-2023|website=Dye Stat}} He finished seventh at the US national outdoor championships over 5000 metres in 2023, and was later selected for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga.{{cite web|website=USATF|accessdate=17 February 2024|url=https://www.usatf.org/news/2023/usa-track-field-announces-full-rosters-for-world-a|date=September 13, 2023|title=USA TRACK & FIELD ANNOUNCES FULL ROSTERS FOR WORLD ATHLETICS ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS RIGA 23}} He finished in fourteenth place over 5 km in a time of 13:36.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4733/men-s-5km-results-world-athletics-road-running-championships-2023|accessdate=17 February 2024|website=Watch Athletics|title= World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 2023 men's 5km results|date=October 1, 2023}}

He finished as runner-up in the 3000 metres at the US National Indoors Championships in New Mexico in February 2024, in a time of 7:56.22.{{cite web|url= https://www.flotrack.org/articles/12129992-yared-nuguse-elle-st-pierre-clinch-world-championships-team-berths|website=Flo Track|accessdate=17 February 2024|title= Yared Nuguse, Elle St. Pierre Clinch World Championships Team Berths|first=David|last=Monti|date=17 February 2024}} He was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/news/news/world-indoor-championships-glasgow-24-usa-team |website=World Athletics Weekly|accessdate=23 February 2024|title= Global champions Holloway, Moon and Lyles feature on USA's team for WIC Glasgow 24 |date=February 23, 2024}} In the 3000 metres race he finished in fifth place in a season’s best time of 7:45.40.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5142/men-s-3000m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=2 March 2024|accessdate=2 March 2024|title= Men's 3000m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024}}