Alana Barber
Personal information
Born (1987-07-08) 8 July 1987 (age 36)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportTrack and field
Event20 km race walk
Achievements and titles
National finals20 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
Women's athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 20 km walk

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

  1. ^ a b c d "Alana Barber". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Alana Barber athlete profile". IAAF. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Shirley Somervell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Barber cuts to the chase". Athletics New Zealand. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ^ "20 kilometres race walk women – final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "New Zealand international race walker Alana Barber retires". Athletics New Zealand. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

External links


2016 New Zealand Olympic team
2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
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