Anabelle Smith

Anabelle "Belle" Smith (born 3 February 1993) is an Australian diver. She is 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]

Anabelle Smith
Smith at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)Belle
NationalityAustralian
Born (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993
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 place2016 Rio de Janeiro3 m synchro
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Shanghai3 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place2022 Budapest3 m synchro
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham3 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place2010 Delhi10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place2014 Glasgow3 m synchro
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2014 Shanghai3 m synchro

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
  1. Anabelle Smith. sports-reference.com
  2. "Anabelle Smith". Diving Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. Anabelle Smith Archived 22 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  4. Anabelle Smith Archived 22 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  5. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final Results". Longines. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. "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.
  7. "Wiggins misses individual Olympic dive". ABC Grandstand Sport. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. "Diving duo gets Australia off the mark". Australia: ABC News. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  9. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. Lim Teik Huat (6 August 2022). "A fine silver for Wendy-Dhabitah in women's 3m springboard synchro". The Star. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  11. Tennekoon, Jemima. "ANABELLE SMITH // 27 random facts about me!". Jolyn Clothing. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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