Personal information | |
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Born | Malvern, Australia [1] [2] | 3 February 1993
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) [3] [4] |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Diving |
Club | Gannets Diving Club [1] Victorian Institute of Sport [5] |
Coached by | Hui Tong [2] |
Medal record |
Anabelle "Belle" Smith (born 3 February 1993) is an Australian diver. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion in the 3 metre synchronized springboard. [6] She competed in the 3 m springboard synchronized event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal in 2016, and was placed fifth in 2012. [5]
Smith competes in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform synchro events. [7] [8] She has a diving scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport [2] and is a member of Gannets Diving Club. [2] She trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. [2] She competes with Sharleen Stratton, following the retirement of her former partner Briony Cole. [9]
Smith represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she earned a bronze medal in the 10 m synchro platform with Cole. [2] Competing with Stratton she won a bronze medal in the 3 m synchro springboard at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships with a score of 306.90. [9] At the 2012 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Madrid she and Stratton finished second in the 3 m springboard synchro, scoring 293.58. [7]
Before the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Smith severely injured the middle finger on her right hand, when it was squashed by metal plates of a weight training machine. She returned to diving after three months and wore a hand brace for another five months. She did not fully recover the mobility in that finger. [5]
Smith qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the Women's 3-metre springboard. She managed to get to the semi-finals. [10]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England, Smith and her partner Maddison Keeney won the gold medal in the 3 metre synchronized springboard with a score of 316.53 points, which was less than 20 points ahead of silver medalists Ng Yan Yee and Nur Dhabitah Sabri of Malaysia. [6] [11]
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she came 5th in the 3 metre springboard event alongside Maddison Keeney. [12]
Smith is of maternal Mauritian ancestry. She originally aspired to become a paediatrician, but abandoned the career path after realising she did not have the emotional control to work with sick children. [13]
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