Alana Boyd

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| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

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| sport = Pole vault

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Alana Quade ({{nee}} Boyd, born 10 May 1984) is a former Australian pole vaulter and Olympian.{{cite web |url=https://littleathletics.com.au/alana-quade-nee-boyd-to-be-inducted-into-this-years-roll-of-excellence/ |title=Alana Quade (nee Boyd) to be inducted into this years Roll Of Excellence |website=littleathletics.com.au |publisher=Little Athletics Australia |date=18 September 2019 |access-date=17 August 2022 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324014701/https://littleathletics.com.au/alana-quade-nee-boyd-to-be-inducted-into-this-years-roll-of-excellence/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/alana-boyd/ |title=Alana Boyd |website=commonwealthgames.com.au |date=19 June 2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Australia |access-date=7 June 2022 |quote=Alana Quade (Boyd) |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114015855/https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/alana-boyd/ |url-status=live }}

Athletic career

The 2008 Australian Champion, Boyd was selected for the 2007 World Championships, but did not make the final.[http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4540.htm Athletics Australia profile – Alana Boyd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025094343/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4540.htm |date=25 October 2007 }} She did not make the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 11th place.{{Cite web|title = IAAF: Athlete profile for Alana Boyd|url = http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/alana-boyd-194576|website = iaaf.org|accessdate = 8 August 2015|archive-date = 8 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190408181244/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/alana-boyd-194576|url-status = live}} Boyd won the gold medal for the women's pole vault at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, which she retained at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/boyd-family-makes-history-at-games-20101013-16i5q.html Boyd family makes history at Games] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826105515/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/boyd-family-makes-history-at-games-20101013-16i5q.html |date=26 August 2012 }}, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 2010.{{Cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 – Women's Pole Vault Final |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_ATW072101.html |accessdate=8 August 2015 |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306025136/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_ATW072101.html |url-status=live }} She also reached the final of the 2012 Indoor World Championships, finishing in 9th.

Her personal best jump of 4.81 metres, achieved in July 2016 on the Sunshine Coast, was an Australian record at the time.{{cite news|title=Alana Boyd breaks Australian pole vault record to surge into Rio medal running|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/alana-boyd-breaks-australian-pole-vault-record-to-surge-into-rio-medal-running-20160703-gpxbmu|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 July 2016|accessdate=20 August 2016|archive-date=6 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106190502/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/alana-boyd-breaks-australian-pole-vault-record-to-surge-into-rio-medal-running-20160703-gpxbmu|url-status=live}}

Personal life

Boyd married Ryan Quade on 24 September 2016,{{cite news |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/olympic-pole-vaulter-ties-the-knot/news-story/bab84404ab53247dcbdba611ca3c0457 |title=Olympic pole vaulter ties the knot: MEET the new Mr and Mrs Quade |work=The Courier Mail |date=6 November 2016}} with whom she has two children.{{cite news |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/coast-olympian-celebrates-her-biggest-achievement/news-story/f08532ad2f6b31f4934258ca288e0c00 |title=Coast Olympian celebrates her 'biggest achievement' |work=The Courier Mail |date=24 October 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Potenza |first=Jonathan |date=2022-07-07 |title=Golden Moments: Former Aussie pole-vaulter Alana Quade reflects on the magic of the Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.theinnersanctum.com.au/golden-moments-former-aussie-pole-vaulter-alana-quade-reflects-on-the-magic-of-the-commonwealth-games/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=The Inner Sanctum |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707064512/https://www.theinnersanctum.com.au/golden-moments-former-aussie-pole-vaulter-alana-quade-reflects-on-the-magic-of-the-commonwealth-games/ |url-status=live }}

Boyd's parents are both former Australian Olympians and her participation in the 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the first time a child of two former Olympians competed in an Australian Olympic team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23307256-14822,00.html |title=Herald Sun – Daughter follows parents into five-ring circus |access-date=13 March 2008 |archive-date=17 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317032624/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23307256-14822,00.html |url-status=live }} Her mother Denise (née Robertson) won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and ran in three Olympic finals.[http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete48.htm Athletics Australia profile – Denise Robertson-Boyd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025095525/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete48.htm|date=25 October 2007}} Her father and coach Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic pole vaulter.[http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete624.htm AA profile – Ray Boyd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026213300/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete624.htm|date=26 October 2007}} Alana has two siblings, who have also represented Australia internationally:[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23280720-10389,00.html Courier Mail – Vaulting into pole position] Jacinta,{{Cite web |title=AA profile – Jacinta Boyd |url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4661.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731092827/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4661.htm |archive-date=31 July 2008 |access-date=13 March 2008 |df=dmy-all}} a 6.64-metre long jumper,[http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/athleteprofiles/alana_boyd Fanzone Athlete Profiles: Alana Boyd] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223055902/http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/athleteprofiles/alana_boyd|date=23 February 2011}}, Athletics Australia. and Matt,[http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete5124.htm AA Profile – Matt Boyd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026214339/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete5124.htm|date=26 October 2007}} a 5.35-metre pole vaulter.[http://www.athletics.com.au/community/statsdata/rankings/current_list Athletics Australia – 2008 National Rankings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721133602/http://www.athletics.com.au/community/statsdata/rankings/current_list|date=21 July 2008}}