Luke Smith (born 30 August 1990 in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

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) is an Australian professional

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

er. Smith was born in Jakarta to an Indonesian mother and English father, before moving to Albany,

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, where he spent much of his early life. His family moved to

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, before settling in the suburb of Rossmoyne near

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. He started playing volleyball in grade 10 at

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. He since spent time on a scholarship at the

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(AIS) in

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, and spent two years playing semi-professionally for Linkoping Volleyball Club in Linkoping, Sweden. Whilst at the AIS he played in the 2008 Youth and 2010 Junior Asian Championships. He made his debut for the Australian national volleyball team in 2011 against Thailand at the age of 20. He represented Australia at the

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in London. From January 2019, he signed a contract with Polish club

Cuprum Lubin Cuprum Lubin SA – is a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Lubin, founded in 2001. The club was promoted to the highest level of the Polish Volleyball League – PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball i ...

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Swedish Championship: * Gold medal with cup

2012 Finnish Championship: * Silver medal with cup

2017 *

2016

Portuguese Championship Portuguese Championship (Portuguese: ''Campeonato Português'') may refer to: * Campeonato Português de Rugby * Portuguese Chess Championship *Portuguese District Championships * Portuguese Indoor Men's Athletics Championship * Portuguese Indoor ...

: *

2018

Sporting achievements

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