Alana Barber

Race walker Alana Barber won a brilliant silver medal in 30 degree heat at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. 

Barber made her major international debut in 2015 at the IAAF Beijing World Track & Field Championships. She followed that up with a 35th place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She has since lowered her New Zealand record for 20km to 1:32:23.

Barber was based in England for a number of years where she developed her race walking skills. She is not the first in her family to represent New Zealand in athletics, her mother Shirley Barber ran at the 1974 Commonwealth Games finishing eighth in the 800m final. Ever since she was a small girl Alana has wanted to emulate her mother and represent New Zealand.

Alana splits her time between Auckland, Australia and various other locations around the world for specific training blocks.