| Birth Date: | 1987 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height: | 1.63 m |
| Weight: | 52 kg |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 20 km race walk |
| Nationals: | 20 km walk champion (2018) |
| Pb: | 3000 m walk – 12:37.82 5000 m walk – 21:59.41 10,000 m walk – 46:03.24 20 km walk – 1:32:19[1] |
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.
Barber was born in Auckland on 8 July 1987,[2] 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]
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.[2]
Her inaugural New Zealand national title came in the 20 km race walk in Hamilton in 2018.[1]
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]