Olli Hoare

Hoare's grandfather, World War II veteran Sergeant Fred Hoare, was a member of his local athletics club, and the reason for his father's and Hoare's own love of athletics.{{Cite news |last=Shalala |first=Amanda |date=2022-08-06 |title=Euphoric Oliver Hoare produces scintillating surge to win Commonwealth Games 1,500m |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-06/commonwealth-games-oliver-hoare-wins-gold/101308394 |access-date=2023-05-29}}

His father Greg was a track runner and a dual world beach-running champion, and Hoare took up the same activities. Hoare 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 also swam at state level but then decided to concentrate on athletics.

In 2015, Hoare won the Australian U20 cross-country championship. He then left his local school and studied at Trinity Grammar School, which had a strong sports system. He was coached by Brad Woods. He also befriended Morgan McDonald from the neighbouring Newington College, 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.{{Cite web |title=Oliver Hoare |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/oliver-hoare/ |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}

While competing collegiately for the University of Wisconsin, Hoare 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.{{cite web |url=https://uwbadgers.com/sports/mens-cross-country/roster/olli-hoare/8010 |title=2019 Men's Cross Country Roster - Olli Hoare |publisher=University of Wisconsin |work=uwbadgers.com |accessdate=23 March 2021}}

After graduating, Hoare signed to run professionally under the newly formed On Athletics Club, sponsored by the running shoe company On.{{cite web |url=https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ollie-hoare-in-hot-form-in-the-u-s/ |title=Ollie Hoare in Hot Form in the U.S. |work=Runnerstribe.com |date=31 August 2020 |accessdate=23 March 2021}}

In February 2021 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Hoare set the Australian and Oceanian record for the indoor 1500 m with a time of 3:32.35, which was also the seventh fastest all-time indoor mark.{{cite news |author=John Salvado |date=14 February 2021 |title=Australian runners smash records |website=7news.com.au |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/athletics/australian-runners-smash-records-c-2160918 |access-date=20 February 2021}}{{cite web |author=Reid, Andre |date=15 February 2021 |title='Wow': Aussie runner stuns athletics in never-before-seen moment |url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/athletics-oliver-hoare-aussie-runner-seventh-fastest-1500-m-time-history-020933041.html |work=au.sports.yahoo.com |publisher=Yahoo Sports |accessdate=23 March 2021}}

At the postponed Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, Hoare competed in the 1500 m. He finished third in a heat (in 3:36.09), fourth in a semi-final (in 3:34.35) and 11th in the final (in 3:35.79), which was won by Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58065821 |title=Athletics - Men's 1500m results |work=BBC Sport}}

On 4 December 2021 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, Hoare broke the Australian and Oceanian indoor 5000 metres record by over 27 seconds with a time of 13:09.96.{{cite web |date=6 December 2021 |title=Hoare leads Aussies in early-season showings |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/hoare-leads-aussies-in-early-season-showings/ |publisher=Athletics Australia |accessdate=25 July 2022}} Fellow On Athletics Club runner Geordie Beamish finished second in that race with a time of 13:12.53 to set the New Zealand indoor record.{{cite web |date=10 December 2021 |title=Athletics: New Zealand records set in Boston by former Whanganui athletes |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/athletics-new-zealand-records-set-in-boston-by-former-whanganui-athletes/B6CPY2M2KN2MXQHRSEFSISULCA/ |publisher=Whanganui Chronicle |accessdate=25 July 2022}}

On his birthday, 29 January 2022, Hoare ran the men's Wanamaker Mile at the 114th Millrose Games in New York with a time of 3:50.83. The time took the Australian and Oceanian indoor mile record off Charlie Hunter, and placed Hoare as the 11th fastest indoor miler ever. He also became the first Australian to win the Wanamaker Mile in the race's 96-year history.{{cite web |date=1 February 2022 |title=Ollie Hoare smashes Australian indoor mile record in 96-year first |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/athletics/ollie-hoare-smashes-australian-indoor-mile-record-in-96year-first/news-story/d01803d17b629d54cd342072fb75d985 |publisher=news.com.au |accessdate=25 July 2022}}

On 16 June 2022 at the Bislett Games, Hoare set the Australian and Oceanian outdoor mile record with a time of 3:47.48, finishing just behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen.{{cite web |date=16 June 2022 |title=Hoare breaks Oceanian mile record in Oslo |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/hoare-breaks-oceanian-mile-record-204707832.html |publisher=Yahoo Sports |accessdate=17 June 2022}}

On 6 August 2022 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, he won the 1500 m men's final, setting a personal best and a new Games record of 3:30.12, beating Olympic silver medallist and 2019 world champion Timothy Cheruiyot (3:30.21) and 2022 world champion Jake Wightman (3:30.53). Hoare became the first Australian to take the Commonwealth 1500 m or mile title since Herb Elliott in 1958.{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Christopher |date=6 August 2022 |title=Australian Oliver Hoare gold in 1500m over Wightman, Cheruiyot |url=https://athleticsillustrated.com/oliver-ollie-hoare-of-australia-gold-in-1500m-over-wightman-and-cheruiyot-at-birmingham-commonwealth-games/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=Athletics Illustrated |language=en-CA}}

Although 2022 brought his greatest athletic success to date, Hoare later described the year as one of his worst personally. The then-25-year-old's struggles with anxiety and depression drove him to the brink of retiring from the sport. However, after receiving support from a therapist and his family, Hoare found his way back to his passion for running.{{Cite web |last=Maddocks |first=Tom |title=BOlli Hoare was nearly driven to retire by anxiety and depression. Now the champion runner has an eye on the Paris Olympics |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-09/olli-hoare-anxiety-depression-athletics-champs-paris-olympics/103682672 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=abc.net.au |language=en}}

In February 2023 at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, held in Australia, Hoare led a team in the mixed relay, alongside Jessica Hull, Stewart McSweyn and Abbey Caldwell, winning a bronze medal.{{Cite web |last=Moorhouse |first=Lachlan |title=Bronzed Aussies Headline Success at Home World Athletics Cross Country Championships |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/bronzed-aussies-headline-success-at-home/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=www.athletics.com.au |language=en}}

On 15 June 2023 at the Bislett Games, Hoare set the Oceanian outdoor 1500 m record with a time of 3:29.41 to finish 7th.{{cite web |date=16 June 2023 |title=Aussie records tumble as Jessica Hull, Oliver Hoare shine in Europe |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/athletics/news-2023-oslo-diamond-league-jessica-hull-oliver-hoare-break-australian-records-at-bislett-games/b9296486-5a0e-40b5-9a9a-480c7168a12c |publisher=Wide World of Sports |accessdate=16 June 2023}} In late July, Hoare disclosed that he had a small sports hernia and would not be competing in the 2023 World Athletics Championships or the remainder of the 2023 outdoor season.{{Cite web |last=Gates |first=Zachary |title=Grim injury forces Aussie gun Oliver Hoare to make 'hard decision' on verge of world championships |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/athletics/world-championships-budapest-2023-australian-champion-oliver-hoare-to-miss-major-due-to-groin-injury/4e98b33a-65c5-46de-b467-5eca05194fb1 |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=wwos.nine.com.au |language=en}} As he came back from the injury, the first major one in his career, Hoare sustained another injury, a sacral stress reaction.{{cite web |last1=COFFEECLUB |title=NYC MARATHON RECAP, The Bowerman Saga Continues + Olli Update |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPaVbg0g_Gw |website=youtube.com |language=en |format=video |date=November 9, 2023}}

In his third race since returning from injury, Hoare placed ninth in the Bowerman Mile at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in a time of 3:49.11. Crucially, Hoare ran under the Olympic standard time, becoming the fourth Australian to do so during qualifying period.{{cite web |title=Olympic hopeful Jessica Hull smashes Australian 1500m record in Oregon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/26/olympic-hopeful-jessica-hull-smashes-australian-1500m-record-in-oregon |website=The Guardian |language=en |date=May 25, 2024}}

At July's London Diamond League, Hoare outlasted his competition to run a 3:49.03 season's best in the mile to win a Diamond League race for the first time.{{cite web |title=Nina Kennedy, Mackenzie Little and Oliver Hoare all win at the London Diamond League ahead of the Paris Olympics |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-21/paris-olympics-2024-nina-kennedy-wins-at-diamond-league/104123322 |website=abc.net.au |language=en |date=July 20, 2024}}

At the Olympic Games, Hoare failed to qualify for the semi-final from his initial heat. In his repechage heat, he was passed on the home straight and finished two places out of semi-final qualification.{{cite web |title=Men's 1500m Repechage Round Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/men-s-1500m/rep--------- |website=Paris 2024 Olympics |language=en}}{{dead link|date=March 2025}}

He ran a new personal best of 3:34.91 for the 1500m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/indoor-grand-prix-boston-2025-hoey-courtney-bryant-coscoran-alfred-benjamin |website=World Athletics |date=2 February 2025 |title=Hoey, Courtney-Bryant and Coscoran win distance duels in Boston |accessdate=3 February 2025}}

• Australian Athletics Championships
• 1500 metres: 2022
• NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
• 1500 metres: 2018

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