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

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champion in the 3 metre synchronized springboard. She competed in the 3 m springboard synchronized event at the

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, 2016 and 2020

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. 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. She has a diving scholarship with the

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and is a member of Gannets Diving Club. She trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. She competes with

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, following the retirement of her former partner

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. Smith represented Australia at the

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

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and competed in the Women's 3-metre springboard. She managed to get to the semi-finals. At the

, held in

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, Smith and her partner

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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

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and

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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.

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