Alysha Newman
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||
| Born |
29 June 1994 London, Ontario |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vault | ||||||||||||
| University team | University of Miami | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 4.61 m NR, Vault Victoria Park, 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| Updated on 7 October 2014. | |||||||||||||
Alysha Newman (born 29 June 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete. She competed in the Pole vault event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal.
On 9 April 2016, Newman successfully cleared 4.60m at the University of Miami's Hurricane Alumni Invitational, breaking the University of Miami school record, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) record, and the Canadian National record in the women’s pole vault. The 4.60m vault ranked Newman as fourth in the world in women's pole vault at that time.
In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.
On 28 July, 2016 Newman competed at the first ever "Vault the Park", a street vault at Victoria Park during the annual Rib Fest in her hometown of London, Ontario. Newman successfully cleared 4.61, topping her own Canadian women's record.
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