Alysha Burnett

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Alysha Burnett
Personal information
Born (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27)
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia [1]
Education Australian Catholic University
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Heptathlon
Coached byZsuzsanna Olgyay-Szabó

Alysha Burnett (born 4 January 1997) is an Australian athlete competing in the heptathlon. [2] She won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

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International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 5thHeptathlon (youth)5505 pts
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15thHeptathlon 5416 pts
2017 Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 2ndHeptathlon 5835 pts
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 9thHeptathlon 5628 pts
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 4thHigh jump 1.88 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 29th (q)High jump 1.70 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

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References

  1. "2018 CWG bio". Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. Alysha Burnett at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg