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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Alana Boyd (1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (age 41) Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
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Alana Quade (néeBoyd, born 10 May 1984) is a former Australianpole vaulter and Olympian.[1][2]
The 2008Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the2007 World Championships, but did not make the final.[3] She did not make the final at the2008 Summer Olympics, but did at the2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 11th place.[4] Boyd won the gold medal for the women's pole vault at the2010 Commonwealth Games inDelhi, which she retained at the2014 Commonwealth Games inGlasgow.[5][6] She also reached the final of the2012 Indoor World Championships, finishing in 9th.[4]
Her personal best jump of 4.81 metres, achieved in July 2016 on theSunshine Coast, was anAustralian record at the time.[7]
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 the2008 Beijing Olympics marked the first time a child of two former Olympians competed in an Australian Olympic team.[11] Her motherDenise (née Robertson) won the gold medal for 200 metres at the1978 Commonwealth Games inEdmonton and ran in three Olympic finals.[12] Her father and coachRay 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-metrelong jumper,[16] and Matt,[17] a 5.35-metre pole vaulter.[18]
Alana Quade (Boyd)
Commonwealth Games champions in women'spole vault | |
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Australian athletes at the2011 World Championships in Athletics | |||
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