Alana Boyd
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1984 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) (2009) | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||
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Alana Boyd (born 10 May 1984) is an Australian Olympic pole vaulter.
The 2008 Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the 2007 World Championships, but did not make the final.[1] She did not make the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 11th place.[2] She also reached the final of the 2012 Indoor World Championships, finishing in 9th.[2]
Her personal best jump is 4.76 metres, achieved in February 2012 in Perth.[3] She won the gold medal for the women's pole vault at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, which she retained at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[4][5]
Alana's parents are both former Australian Olympians and her selection in the 2008 Beijing Olympics marks the first time a child of two former Olympians will compete in an Australian Olympic team.[6] Her mother Denise (née Robertson) won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and ran in three Olympic finals.[7] Her father and coach Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic pole vaulter.[8] Alana has two siblings, who have also represented Australia internationally:[9] Jacinta (born 10 February 1986),[10] a 6.64 metre long jumper,[11] and Matt (born 29 April 1988),[12] a 5.35 metre pole vaulter.[13]
References
- ↑ Athletics Australia profile - Alana Boyd
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- ↑ Boyd family makes history at Games, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 2010.
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- ↑ Herald Sun - Daughter follows parents into five-ring circus
- ↑ Athletics Australia profile - Denise Robertson-Boyd
- ↑ AA profile - Ray Boyd
- ↑ Courier Mail - Vaulting into pole position
- ↑ AA profile - Jacinta Boyd
- ↑ Fanzone Athlete Profiles: Alana Boyd, Athletics Australia.
- ↑ AA Profile - Matt Boyd
- ↑ Athletics Australia - 2008 National Rankings
External links
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Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
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- Pages with broken file links
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Australian pole vaulters
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)
- Female pole vaulters
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
