21 Facts About Alysha Newman

Alysha Eveline Newman was born on June 29,1994 and is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault.

Alysha Newman is 2024 Summer Olympics bronze medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion, and holds both the Canadian national and Commonwealth Games records in the women's pole vault.

Alysha Newman attended Mother Teresa Secondary School in London, Ontario.

In 2013, Alysha Newman joined Eastern Michigan University, becoming the Mid-American Conference champion and competing in the NCAA tournament.

Alysha Newman graduated in 2016 with a major in exercise physiology and a minor in nutrition.

In June, Alysha Newman won the silver medal at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and finished her college career as a six-time NCAA Division I All-American.

Alysha Newman competed in the pole vault event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal with a vault of 3.80m.

In May 2018, while traveling to compete at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, Alysha Newman's poles were all destroyed while in transit with Air Canada.

Alysha Newman competed at the event with poles borrowed from a local athletics club, placing seventh.

Alysha Newman then suffered a torn patellar tendon in a warmup at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.

Alysha Newman duplicated 4.82 m while finishing third in the 2019 Diamond League meet in Zurich, where the women's pole vault was held one day earlier than the other events, indoors at the Zurich Hauptbahnhof.

Alysha Newman was not hospitalized, and subsequently would blame Athletics Canada personnel for mismanaging her health situation and advising her to continue training.

Alysha Newman did not participate in the 2021 Diamond League after failing to clear a bar at a tune-up event in Sweden.

Alysha Newman was named to the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which the COVID-19 pandemic caused to be delayed to 2021.

At the Canadian championships, Alysha Newman won the pole vault event and did well enough in the 100 metres hurdles to qualify for that team as well, though she did not qualify as an heptathlete.

Alysha Newman was named to the Canadian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in both the pole vault and 100 m hurdles, but an undiagnosed heel fracture hindered her performance.

Alysha Newman withdrew from the vault midway through, placing sixth with a height of only 4.25 m, and did not compete in the hurdles, later announcing the end of her competition season.

Alysha Newman went on to set a new national record height of 4.85 m, and won the bronze medal.

Alysha Newman was previously in a relationship with Anthony Chickillo.

Alysha Newman was named one of Maxim's hot 100 women in 2021.

Alysha Newman was one of several athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics who created content via OnlyFans to supplement their income.