Samantha Smith (gymnast)

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Samantha Smith
Country representedFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1992-04-01) April 1, 1992 (age 31)
Toronto, Ontario [1]
Residence Vancouver, British Columbia [2]
Discipline Trampoline gymnastics
Head coach(es)Curt De Wolff
Medal record
Women's trampoline gymnastics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Individual
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Tokyo Individual team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Tokyo Synchro

Samantha Smith (born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast from Vancouver, British Columbia. Samantha is the reigning Pan American Games Champion having won gold in 2019 in Lima, Peru. She has competed at every Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships from 2010 to 2019. [2]

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At the 2019 Trampoline World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan, she won, alongside Sophiane Méthot, Sarah Milette and Rosie MacLennan, the bronze medal in the women's team event with a score of 133.745. [3]

Smith competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

She is Jewish. [5]

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References

  1. "Samantha Smith profile". Gymanstics Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  2. 1 2 "Samantha Smith profile". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  3. "Canada wins women's team bronze at trampoline worlds". CBCSports.ca. November 29, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. "Trampoline Gymnastics - SMITH Samantha". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. Merrill, Mia J. (July 9, 2021). "Meet the Jewish Gymnasts at the Tokyo Olympics". heyalma.com. Retrieved January 28, 2022.