Press & Media
Unpaid, unprompted coverage from national broadcasters, the international federation, and the business press.
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.”
The international federation picked Julian as one of its global “Ones to Watch” before he had even raced an Olympic Games.
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”
Wikipedia · World Climbing (IFSC) · Olympics.com · NZ Olympic Team · Athlete Advantage · Foundation Clinic
Livia at Athlete Advantage — livia@athleteadvantage.co.nz