Alysha Newman

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.