Alana Boyd
Track and field athlete, Olympic athlete
1984 –
Who is Alana Boyd?
Alana Boyd is an Australian Olympic pole vaulter.
The 2008 Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the 2007 World Championships, but did not make the final.
Her personal best jump is 4.76 metres, achieved in February 2012 in Perth. She won the gold medal for the women's pole vault at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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. Her mother Denise won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and ran in three Olympic finals. Her father and coach Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic pole vaulter. Alana has two siblings, who have also represented Australia internationally: Jacinta, a 6.64 metre long jumper, and Matt, a 5.35 metre pole vaulter.
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- Born
- May 10, 1984
Melbourne - Also known as
- AB
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Melbourne
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on July 23, 2013
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