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Birth name | Alana Boyd | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 10 May 1984|||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Ryan Quade (
m. 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
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Alana Quade ( née Boyd, born 10 May 1984) is a former Australian pole vaulter and Olympian. [1] [2]
The 2008 Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the 2007 World Championships, but did not make the final. [3] She did not make the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 11th place. [4] Boyd won the gold medal for the women's pole vault at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, which she retained at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [5] [6] She also reached the final of the 2012 Indoor World Championships, finishing in 9th. [4]
Her personal best jump of 4.81 metres, achieved in July 2016 on the Sunshine Coast, was an Australian 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 the 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the first time a child of two former Olympians competed in an Australian Olympic team. [11] Her mother Denise (née Robertson) won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and ran in three Olympic finals. [12] Her father and coach Ray 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-metre long jumper, [16] and Matt, [17] a 5.35-metre pole vaulter. [18]
Alana Quade (Boyd)
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Alana Boyd | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 10 May 1984|||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Ryan Quade (
m. 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alana Quade ( née Boyd, born 10 May 1984) is a former Australian pole vaulter and Olympian. [1] [2]
The 2008 Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the 2007 World Championships, but did not make the final. [3] She did not make the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 11th place. [4] Boyd won the gold medal for the women's pole vault at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, which she retained at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [5] [6] She also reached the final of the 2012 Indoor World Championships, finishing in 9th. [4]
Her personal best jump of 4.81 metres, achieved in July 2016 on the Sunshine Coast, was an Australian 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 the 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the first time a child of two former Olympians competed in an Australian Olympic team. [11] Her mother Denise (née Robertson) won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and ran in three Olympic finals. [12] Her father and coach Ray 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-metre long jumper, [16] and Matt, [17] a 5.35-metre pole vaulter. [18]
Alana Quade (Boyd)