Anabelle Smith

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Anabelle Smith
Anabelle Smith 2010.jpg
Smith at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)Belle
NationalityAustralian
Born (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 28)
Malvern, Australia[1][2]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[3]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportDiving
ClubGannets Diving Club[1]
Victorian Institute of Sport[4]
Coached byHui Tong[2]
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro springboard
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 3 m synchro springboard
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 3 m synchro springboard
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Shanghai 3 m synchro springboard

Anabelle "Belle" Smith (born 3 February 1993) is an Australian diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard synchronized event at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2016, placing fifth in 2012.[4]

Diving[]

Smith competes in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform synchro events.[5][6] 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.[7]

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.[7] At the 2012 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Madrid she and Stratton finished second in the 3 m springboard synchro, scoring 293.58.[5]

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]

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.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Anabelle Smith. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Anabelle Smith". Diving Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ Anabelle Smith. rio2016.com
  4. ^ a b c Anabelle Smith Archived 22 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  5. ^ a b "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]
  6. ^ "Wiggins misses individual Olympic dive – ABC Grandstand Sport". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Diving duo gets Australia off the mark". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. ^ Tennekoon, Jemima. "ANABELLE SMITH // 27 random facts about me!". Jolyn Clothing. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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