Nina Kennedy (born 5 April 1997)[2] is an Australian athlete who holds the national record in the pole vault.
[3] She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2023 World Athletics Championships (shared with American Katie Moon) and at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
This qualified her for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing but she failed to clear the opening height in the qualification round.
In 2018, Kennedy raised her personal best to 4.60m and a week later moved to number three Australian all-time with a vault of 4.71m.
At the National Championships she vaulted a 4.60m and defeated New Zealand's Olympic bronze medallist Eliza McCartney.