Alana Boyd

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Alana Quade (née Boyd, born 10 May 1984) is a former Australian pole vaulter and Olympian.[1][2]

Athletic career

The 2008 Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the 2007 World Championships, but did not make the final.[3] She did not make the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 11th place.[4] Boyd 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.[5][6] She also reached the final of the 2012 Indoor World Championships, finishing in 9th.[4]

Her personal best jump of 4.81 metres, achieved in July 2016 on the Sunshine Coast, was an Australian record at the time.[7]

Personal life

Boyd married Ryan Quade on 24 September 2016,[8] with whom she has two children.[9][10]

Boyd's parents are both former Australian Olympians and her participation in the 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the first time a child of two former Olympians competed in an Australian Olympic team.[11] 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.[12] Her father and coach Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic pole vaulter.[13] Alana has two siblings, who have also represented Australia internationally:[14] Jacinta,[15] a 6.64-metre long jumper,[16] and Matt,[17] a 5.35-metre pole vaulter.[18]

References

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  14. ↑ Courier Mail – Vaulting into pole position
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  16. ↑ Fanzone Athlete Profiles: Alana Boyd Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Athletics Australia.
  17. ↑ AA Profile – Matt Boyd Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  18. ↑ Athletics Australia – 2008 National Rankings Script error: No such module "webarchive".

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