Alysha Newman
Newman in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alysha Eveline Newman |
| Born | June 29, 1994 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event | Pole vault |
| University team | University of Miami |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 4.85 m (15 ft 11 in) NR, Paris, France 2024 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) NRi, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2024 |
Medal record | |
Alysha Eveline Newman (born June 29, 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault. 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. Newman won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion. She is a three-time Olympian and represented Canada at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. Her Olympic bronze medal made her the first Canadian woman to medal in pole vaulting at the Olympics, while her vault of 4.85 metres at the Olympics also set a new Canadian national record.
In February 2026, Newman was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for whereabouts failures, due to missing three drug tests within a 12-month period.