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For Australian footballer, see Alana Barba.

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.

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