Anicka Newell

Anicka Newell
Anicka Newell 2016 at the Great City Games Manchester
nation	Canada
birthday	5th August 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Denton , United States
size	175 cm
Weight	64 kg
Career
discipline	Pole vault
Best performance	4.65 m
society	Texas State University
Trainer	Keith Herston
status	active
last change: April 15, 2019

Anicka Newell (born August 5, 1993 in Denton ) is a Canadian pole vaulter .

Athletic career

Anicka Newell gained her first international experience at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated from the qualification with 4.15 m . At the World Championships in London in 2017, she finished twelfth with 4.45 m in the final . The following year she finished seventh at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast with 4.30 m. At the NACAC Championships in Toronto in August, she failed to cross the starting height.

In 2018 Newell became Canadian champion in pole vault. She graduated from Texas State University with a degree in exercise science .

Personal best

• Pole vault: 4.65 m, June 13, 2017 in San Marcos
  • Hall: 4.60 m, February 10, 2018 in Albuquerque

Web links

• Anicka Newell in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Anicka Newell in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )