Samantha Dale

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Samantha Dale
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 6.71m (Melbourne, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Long jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Mackay Long jump

Samantha Dale (born 30 June 2001) is an Australian lomg jumper. She is a two-time winner of the Australian Athletics Championships and was a gold medalist at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships. She has represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Career

She jumped 6.72 metres at the Melbourne Track Classic in March 2022, but there was no recorded wind mark. [2] She won the 2021–22 Australian Athletics Championships long jump title for the first time in Sydney in 2022, with a jump of 6.45 metres. [3] She competed for Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, placing tenth in the final with a jump of 6.32 metres (+1.1). [4] [5]

She jumped 6.71 metres in Melbourne in February 2023 as she beat 2021 Olympic finalists Tara Davis-Woodhall and Brooke Buschkuehl to win the Maurie Plant Meet. [6] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. [3]

She won the gold medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024 with a jump of 6.47 metres. [7]

She won the Australian Athletics Championships for a second time in Perth in 2025, jumping 6.45m (+2.3) jump to secure the win ahead of the previous year’s World Under-20 champion Delta Amidzovski. [8] [9] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, where she qualified for the final with a leap of 6.38m (-0.7) before placing seventh overall. [10] [11] [12]

In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [13] [14]

References

  1. "Samantha Dale". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. "Melbourne Track Classic". World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "DALE NOW JUMPING THE LENGTH OF A LIMO". nswis.com. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  4. "AUSSIES IN ACTION IN BIRMINGHAM: DAY 8". commonwealthgames.com.au. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. "XXII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. "Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne". World Athletics. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  7. "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  8. "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  9. "WHO ELSE? GOUT'S SIGNATURE SPEED SIGNS OFF AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  10. "OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  11. "OATES FINISHES TOP-FIVE AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  12. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  13. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  14. "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.