alana-boyd
Biography

Athletics

Pole Vault

Born: 10 May 1984

Birth Place: Melbourne, Australia

Resides: Brisbane, Australia

Height: 171cm

Personal Best: 4.81m

Alana Boyd

Alana Boyd is a triple Olympian and the women’s pole vault Australian record holder.

Boyd is a dual Commonwealth Games gold medal winner, successfully defending her title from Delhi in 2010 in Glasgow in 2014.

Boyd jumped 4.81m on the Sunshine Coast in July, 2016 to set a new mark for the nation that still stands today.

Boyd announced her retirement in 2016 just two months after being edged out on a countback for a medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Boyd went out at the top of the her game, twice bettering her own national record in that year.

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