Alysha Newman
Newman in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alysha Eveline Newman |
| Born | June 29, 1994 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Pole vault |
| University team | University of Miami |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 4.85 m (15 ft 11 in) NR, Paris, France 2024 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) NRi, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2024 |
Medal record | |
Alysha Eveline Newman (born June 29, 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault. She is 2024 Summer Olympics bronze medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion, and holds both the Canadian national and Commonwealth Games records in the women's pole vault. Newman represented Canada at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This marked her as the first Canadian woman to medal in pole vaulting at the Olympics. Her vault of 4.85 meters also set a new Canadian national record.