She is an olympic bronze medallist and commonwealth games gold medallist, and holds both the canadian national and commonwealth games records in the women's pole vault 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 won the bronze medal at the 2024 summer olympics and the gold medal at the 2018 commonwealth games.
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Alysha newman, a canadian pole vaulter, won a medal at the 2024 summer games in paris
Canadian pole vaulter alysha newman twerked after her historic bronze medal win at the paris olympics 2024 As a champion pole vaulter, she set a series of high school, collegiate and national records before becoming the first female canadian to win an olympic medal in her respective sport at the paris. 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.