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Hamish Kerr originally appeared on the podcast at the end of 2022, not long after he won a Commonwealth Games Gold medal.
Heres the original ep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEf-zSZRbcY
So much has happened since then! At the 2025 Halberg awards Hamish Kerr won the “Sportsman of the year” trophy, the first time a high jumper has ever won that title.
This came off the back of his success at the Paris Olympic games where he won a gold medal in the high jump with a height of 2 meters 34 cm.
He is the undisputed G.O.A.T when it comes to high jump in NZ.
When Hamish joined me on the podcast, he had just returned from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games where he won gold.
In this FastCast we talk about the intricacies of the high jump, what his training looks like, his relationship with his mental health and where his gold medal lives.
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Athletics New Zealand track and field coach, James Sandilands is mainly known as the coach to the current World Indoor and Olympic champion in the jump, Hamish Kerr, but James's current crop of high level athletes spans far and wide from multi-eventers, sprinters, and horizontal jumpers.
He is a former high jumper and hurdler himself with several years of experience as both a performance technique analyst and a strength and conditioning coach for High Performance Sport New Zealand.
In this episode:
-James' transition from athlete to coach and the pivotal mentors who shaped his path.
-The nuances of coaching at the elite level, balancing technical precision with the art of communication.
-Insights into performance analysis, biomechanics, and their critical roles in enhancing athletic performance.
-The complexities of high jump training, from approach strategies to managing the psychological aspects of competition.
-The collaborative dynamics within a high-performance team and the continuous learning curve of coaching.
Show notes1h 23m
The final day of track and field at the Paris Olympics was unforgettable! Jakob Ingebrigtsen bounced back with a gold medal in the 5000m, Faith Kipyegon claimed her third Olympic title in the 1500m, and Team USA delivered stellar performances in both the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays. In the ninth edition of Torch Talk, the team dives into the day’s top highlights...
– Jakob Ingebrigtsen came back from his 1500m defeat to win gold in the 5000m for the third year in a row. Ronald Kwemoi of Kenya won silver and Grant Fisher won bronze. He became the first American man to win medals in the 5000m and 10,000m at the Olympics.
– Faith Kipyegon won the third Olympic 1500m title of her career in an Olympic record of 3:51.29. She became the first athlete to ever win three golds at this distance in the Olympics. Jess Hull won silver for the first medal by an Australian woman in this event and Georgia Bell won bronze.
– Emmanuel Wanyonyi won Kenya's 5th straight Olympic gold in the 800m, running 1:41.19 to become the 3rd-fastest athlete ever. Marco Arop took silver and Djamel Sedjati won bronze. The top four finishers all went under 1:42.
– Masai Russell won the Olympic gold in the 100mH in a time of 12.33 seconds. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn takes silver and Cyrena Samba-Mayela wins France's first medal on the track of these games.
– Kiwi Hamish Kerr beat the U.S.'s Shelby McEwen for high jump gold in an Olympic competition that came down to a jump-off. Mutaz Essa Barshim won bronze, his fourth Olympic medal in the event.
– Team USA won the women's 4x400m relay while running the 2nd-fastest time ever in 3:15.27. The Netherlands took home silver and Team GB won bronze.
– The U.S. men's 4x400m team won gold in 2:54.43, the 2nd-fastest time in history. Botswana finished just behind them as Letsile Tebogo ran the 3rd-fastest split ever, and Great Britain took bronze.
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Highlights from episode 38 to 52 of Runners Only.
Nikki Kaye
Sir John Kirwan
Garth Barfoot
Mikki Williden
Zoe McBride
Joseph Sullivan
Nick Ashill
Jesse Tuke
Hamish Kerr
Liam Malone
Dr. Paul Wood
Kendra Cocksedge
Rachel Maia
Shane Cameron
Ian Winson
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Show notes1h 22m
This short podcast comes from my full conversation with 2022 high jump gold medalist, Hamish Kerr.
Hamish is New Zealand’s greatest ever high jumper. Last year he became the first ever NZ man to make it to the high jump finals at the Olympics, leaving Tokyo with a top 10 finish. And a few months ago, he won a commonwealth games gold with a jump of 2 metres and 25cm (bloody high).
If you like this and want to hear more from Hamish, feel free to subscribe,download, etc.
Thanks, Dom.
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Hamish Kerr is New Zealand’s greatest ever high jumper.
Last year he became the first ever NZ man to make it to the high jump finals at the Olympics, leaving Tokyo with a top 10 finish
And a few months ago, he won a commonwealth games gold with a jump of two metres and 25cm- probably about the height of your ceiling.
In this conversation we learn alot about high jumping. We also chat about his terrible anxiety before the Olympics which came on after he went to a meet in Australia and “no heighted” (this means he failed all 3 of his jumps at the starting height (you learn something new every day!) Its not all high jumping and running though. As we do in every episode, we get to know much much more about the guy behind the gold medal and black singlet.
Really hope ya like it.
Dom
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