Olympic High Jumper Nicola Olyslagers on faith: "If you don't aim for gold, you won't get silver.'
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Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers has achieved a lot in her life already. Aged just 28 she is the newly crowned World Champion, winning the gold at the recent World Athletics Championships in Japan. She has won silver medals at the Paris 2024 & Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She is the Australian and Oceania high jump record holder (2.04m).
She is also the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion and will be looking to defend her title next year at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Olyslagers has always been very open about her faith, often speaking about how it motivates her both on and off the track.
In this episode of The Profile she talks to Victoire Eyoum about how her career was completely transformed from the moment her faith was an integral part of it, how she met other Christians through the sport and the way they encourage one another to be all that they feel God has called them to be, and how love should be at the start of everything we do in life.
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Released on 9 Oct 2025
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