Alana Barber
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1987-07-08) 8 July 1987 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | 20 km race walk | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | 20 km walk champion (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 3000 m walk – 12:37.82 5000 m walk – 21:59.41 10,000 m walk – 46:03.24 20 km walk – 1:32:19[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alana Barber (born 8 July 1987) is a New Zealand race walker who won a silver medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Early life and family
Barber was born in Auckland on 8 July 1987,[1] the daughter of Shirley Somervell, who represented New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games[3][4] finishing seventh in the final of the 800 m. Barber was educated at Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland.[5]
Athletics
Barber competed in the 20 kilometres race walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, finishing 18th and setting a New Zealand record of 1:33:20.[6] The following year, at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, she recorded a time of 1:35:55 in finishing 35th in the same event.[1]
Her inaugural New Zealand national title came in the 20 km race walk in Hamilton in 2018.[2]
In the 20 km walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Barber won the silver medal, finishing in a time of 1:34:18, 1:28 behind the winner, Jemima Montag of Australia.[3][7]
Barber announced her retirement on 17 September 2021.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d "Alana Barber". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Alana Barber athlete profile". IAAF. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b Hyslop, Liam (8 April 2018). "Kiwi race walker Alana Barber wins a gutsy silver after rival disqualified". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Shirley Somervell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Barber cuts to the chase". Athletics New Zealand. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "20 kilometres race walk women – final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Women's 20km race walk final results" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand international race walker Alana Barber retires". Athletics New Zealand. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
External links
- Alana Barber at Olympics.com
- Alana Barber at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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