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. His father, george barber, represented canada as a pole vaulter at the 1983 world championships, and later taught his son how to vault. After breaking records in her first few pole vault meets, her dream to represent canada returned Newman became the first canadian high school girl to vault over four metres and went on to set national youth and junior records In 2014, newman represented canada at the commonwealth games, earning a bronze medal.
Alysha newman, born in london, ontario, has distinguished herself in the world of athletics, particularly in pole vaulting, where she holds the canadian national record Newman’s journey in athletics began with gymnastics, but after a back injury at age 13, she transitioned to pole vaulting, guided by her gymnastics foundation. Transitioning from indoor to outdoor competition, newman continued to put up strong showings in diamond league action against some of the world’s top vaulters, and setting another canadian record, establishing 4.82 metres as the benchmark for the outdoor pole vault at the diamond league event in paris that august.
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