Brodie Smith (goalball player)
 Smith at Goalball World Championships, Malmö, Sweden (June 2018). | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 8 August 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Goalball |
Brodie Smith (born 8 August 1998) is an Australian goalball athlete and is classified as a B3 competitor. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Personal life[]
Smith was born on 8 August 1998.[2] She has retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic condition that causes a loss of peripheral vision. She attended Maitland's Christian School. In 2021, she was studying secondary education at the University of Newcastle.[3]
Goalball[]
Smith is a goalball player. At the 2017 World Youth Championships in Hungary she was the highest scorer in the tournament and captained the Australian team to a historic gold medal.[4] The following year, Smith was included in the Belles' squad for the 2018 World Championships in Sweden.
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Belles won two group stage games and lost to Turkey in the quarter finals.. Her father Simon was the assistant women's coach.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "'No Excuses' For Tokyo-Bound Aussie Belles". Paralympics Australia. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Brodie Smith". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Duffin, Perry (2 September 2015). "Goalball levels playing field for vision impaired". The Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Visionary athletes". Blind Sports NSW. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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External links[]
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Paralympic goalball players of Australia
- Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics