Press & Media
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Unpaid, unprompted coverage from national broadcasters, the international federation, and the business press.
Featured: Business Insider documentary
Business Insider’s Second To None series: “We follow Julian David, who is representing New Zealand in men’s speed climbing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.”
Featured: World Climbing — Ones to Watch
The international federation picked Julian as one of its global “Ones to Watch” before he had even raced an Olympic Games.
In the news
NZ Herald — “What is speed climbing? New Zealand Olympian Julian David explains” · Paris 2024
RNZ — “NZ speed climber to meet world record holder at Olympics — much to his surprise” · August 2024
Stuff — “Kiwi speed climber Julian David upsets former world champion to make Paris Olympics”
Stuff — “The teenage NZ Olympian climbing the walls for gold” · May 2024
NZ Herald — “Julian David gives Kiwis a promising presence in speed climbing” · Olympics 2024
IFSC — “Future New Zealand’s Olympian Julian David presented with Halberg Award” · February 2024
IFSC — “David wins first ever Youth Worlds medal for New Zealand” · August 2023
Olympics.com — “Julian David chases hardware, not milliseconds, in the world’s fastest vertical sport”
SunLive — “Tauranga speed climber qualifies to the Olympics” · The Bay’s News First
Bay of Plenty Times — “Tauranga teenage speed climber sets sight on the 2024 Olympics” · December 2022 (called it early)
NZ Alpine Club — “Julian David wins Youth World Championship gold”
Official profiles
Wikipedia · World Climbing (IFSC) · Olympics.com · NZ Olympic Team · Athlete Advantage · Foundation Clinic
Media enquiries
Livia at Athlete Advantage — livia@athleteadvantage.co.nz