Anabelle Smith

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| name = Anabelle Smith

| image = Anabelle Smith 2010.jpg

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| caption = Smith at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|2|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Malvern, Australia[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/anabelle-smith-1.html Anabelle Smith]. sports-reference.com{{cite web|url=http://www.diving.asn.au/?Page=2068&MenuID=Teams_%40_Squads%2F20005%2F1806%2CDiver_Profiles%2F20024%2F0%2F0 |title=Anabelle Smith |publisher=Diving Australia |accessdate=8 July 2012}}

| height = 159 cm[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anabelle-smith Anabelle Smith] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022090431/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anabelle-smith |date=22 October 2016 }}. rio2016.com{{cite web |title=19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) 18 June - 3 July 2022 Entry List by NAT Liste des inscrits par NAT As of SAT 25 JUN 2022 |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001170101FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |publisher=World Aquatics |access-date=25 June 2024}}

| weight = 55 kg

| country = Australia

| sport = Diving

| event =

| club = Gannets Diving Club
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| coach = Hui Tong

| show-medals = yes

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

Diving

Smith competes in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform synchro events.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-03/wiggins-misses-individual-olympic-dive/3930436?section=sport |title=Wiggins misses individual Olympic dive |publisher= ABC Grandstand Sport |date=3 April 2012 |accessdate=8 July 2012}} She has a diving scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and is a member of Gannets Diving Club. She trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. She competes with Sharleen Stratton, following the retirement of her former partner Briony Cole.

Smith represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she earned a bronze medal in the 10 m synchro platform with Cole. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-17/diving-duo-gets-bronze/2797584 |title=Diving duo gets Australia off the mark |publisher = ABC News |location=Australia|date=17 July 2011 |accessdate=8 July 2012}} At the 2012 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Madrid she and Stratton finished second in the 3 m springboard synchro, scoring 293.58.{{cite web|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/Diving/30859.asp?q=Cubans-Spoils-Clean-Sweep-for-Chinese-Divers-at-FINA-Diving-Grand-Prix-Stop-in-Madrid |title=Lane 9 News Archive: Cubans Spoils Clean Sweep for Chinese Divers at FINA Diving Grand Prix Stop in Madrid |publisher=Swimmingworldmagazine.com |accessdate=8 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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.

Smith qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the Women's 3-metre springboard. She managed to get to the semi-finals.{{Cite web|title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}

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.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/DIV/2022-08-06/DIVW3MTEAM2-----------FNL-000100--__C73D_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final Results"]. Longines. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.Lim Teik Huat (6 August 2022). [https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/diving/2022/08/06/a-first-silver-for-wendy-dhabitah-in-women039s-3m-springboard-synchro "A fine silver for Wendy-Dhabitah in women's 3m springboard synchro"]. The Star. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she came 5th in the 3 metre springboard event alongside Maddison Keeney.{{cite web |title=Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/diving/women-s-synchronised-3m-springboard/fnl-000100-- |website=olympics.com |access-date=30 July 2024}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Tennekoon |first1=Jemima |title=ANABELLE SMITH // 27 random facts about me! |url=https://aus.jolynclothing.com/blogs/news/anabelle-smith-27-random-facts-about-me |website=Jolyn Clothing |access-date=14 November 2021}}