Nicola McDermott

Nicola Lauren McDermott (born 28 December 1996) is an Australian high jumper[2] with Croatian ancestry.[3] She competed in the women's high jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[4] McDermott also competed in the women's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where she achieved a personal best jump of 1.91m and won the bronze medal.[5] On 20 June 2019, McDermott jumped a personal best of 1.96m at Mestský Stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic.[6] Achieving a new personal best of 1.98 m in Sinn, Germany, on 29 August 2020,[7] she rose to second place in the all-time list of Australian women high jumpers.[8][9]

Nicola McDermott
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1996-12-28) 28 December 1996
EducationUniversity of Sydney[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump

McDermott currently studies biochemistry part-time at the University of Sydney.[10]

While attending a youth camp at the age of 16, McDermott became a Christian. She compared experiencing the Holy Spirit "tangibly" to "electricity" going through her body, as if "colour" had come to a world she'd been seeing "in black and white".[11] McDermott currently runs Everlasting Crowns, a ministry dedicated to encouraging and teaching athletes,[12] which she describes as a "support network in athletics and in sport in general" that helps show athletes that "their identity isn't in their performance", but that they can perform through "joy and passion" knowing the "grace and love" of God, without having their performance "tainted with expectations".[11]

References
  1. 2017 Universiade bio
  2. "Nicola McDermott". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. "Nicola McDermott – the Australian high jump star with Croatian roots – excited to be competing in Zagreb". Croatia Week. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "High jump Women". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. "Result - Women's High Jump Final". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
    - "Commonwealth Games: Australia wins medals in javelin and high jump on final day at Carrara Stadium". ABC News. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. "World Rankings: Women's High Jump", World Athletics.
  7. "Weekly Results Wrap". Inside Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. "Nicola McDermott continues her rise clearing 1.98m". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  9. Gleeson, Michael (3 September 2020). "Athletics Australia coach to walk out, head up UK Athletics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  10. "Train Smarter with Science Podcast: Australian High Jumper, Nicola Mcdermott on Qualifying for Tokyo 2020 and Using Cues on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  11. Balaranjan, Andrew (29 June 2020). "Live With Nicola McDermott #HighJumper #Encouragement #Faith". YouTube. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  12. "Ministry". Nicola McDermott. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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