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Anabelle Smith

Anabelle Smith

Australian diver

Anabelle "Belle" Smith (born 3 February 1993) is an Australian diver. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion in the 3 metre synchronized springboard.[5] 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.[4]

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Diving

Smith competes in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform synchro events.[6][7] 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.[8]

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.[8] At the 2012 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Madrid she and Stratton finished second in the 3 m springboard synchro, scoring 293.58.[6]

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.[4]

Smith qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the Women's 3-metre springboard. She managed to get to the semi-finals.[9]

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.[5][10]

Personal life

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.[11]

References

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    "Anabelle Smith". Diving Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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    Anabelle Smith Archived 22 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
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    "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final Results". Longines. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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    "Lane 9 News Archive: Cubans Spoils Clean Sweep for Chinese Divers at FINA Diving Grand Prix Stop in Madrid". Swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
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    "Wiggins misses individual Olympic dive". ABC Grandstand Sport. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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    "Diving duo gets Australia off the mark". Australia: ABC News. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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    "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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    Lim Teik Huat (6 August 2022). "A fine silver for Wendy-Dhabitah in women's 3m springboard synchro". The Star. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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    Tennekoon, Jemima. "ANABELLE SMITH // 27 random facts about me!". Jolyn Clothing. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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