Dina Asher-Smith

Runner

Dina Asher-Smith was born in Orpington, England, United Kingdom on December 4th, 1995 and is the Runner. At the age of 28, Dina Asher-Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
December 4, 1995
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Orpington, England, United Kingdom
Age
28 years old
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Profession
Athletics Competitor
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Dina Asher-Smith Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 28 years old, Dina Asher-Smith has this physical status:

Height
164cm
Weight
58kg
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Dina Asher-Smith Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
King's College London
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Dina Asher-Smith Career

Asher-Smith was part of the winning Great Britain team for the 4 × 100 m relay at the London Grand Prix meet and was the youngest athlete selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Squad for the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. Along with teammates Annabelle Lewis, Ashleigh Nelson and Hayley Jones, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

At the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, she qualified for the 200 m final but pulled up with a hamstring injury on the bend.

She took the silver medal at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships for the 60 m. It was the first time in 30 years that a British female won a medal in the event. In doing so, Asher-Smith equalled Jeanette Kwakye's British record of 7.08 s and, being 19 years old, became the fastest ever teenager at 60 m. She first broke the British 100 metres record with 11.02 secs on 24 May 2015 in Hengelo, before becoming the first British woman to run a legal time under 11 seconds, with 10.99 secs on 25 July 2015 at the London Anniversary Games. She then finished fifth in the 2015 IAAF World Athletic Championships in Beijing with a time of 22.07, a new British record.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Asher-Smith finished fifth in the 200 metres, in 22.31 seconds, then won a bronze medal with her teammates Asha Philip, Desiree Henry and Daryll Neita in the 4 x 100 metres relay in a British record of 41.77 seconds.

On 17 February 2017, Asher-Smith broke her foot in a training accident, but still managed to secure fourth place in the women's 200m and a silver medal as part of the Great Britain 4 × 100 m relay later that year at the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships in London.

In 2018, she went to Australia early to train and get used to the conditions prior to the Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place in Gold Coast, Queensland in that country. She qualified for the final, and came away with a Commonwealth bronze medal with a time off 22.29 seconds. England ladies, including Asher-Smith, qualified for the 4x100 m relay final, where they won gold in a time of 42.46 seconds, beating one of the favorites, Jamaica. At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Asher-Smith won both the 100m and 200m metres titles, improving her British records to 10.85 and 21.89 secs, becoming the first British woman in history to run below 22 seconds for 200 metres, and moving to 22nd on the 200 metres world all-time list (35th at 100m). She won a third gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Asher-Smith was named women's European Athlete of the Year for her success in October. She was later hailed by IAAF president Sebastian Coe as the next sprint sensation in athletics.

Asher-Smith won the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2019 World Championships in a new British record of 10.83 seconds, finishing second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. She was the first female British sprinter to win, over 100m or 200m, an individual medal in the world championships since Kathy Cook in 1983. On 2 October, she became the World Champion in the 200m, setting a personal best and new British record of 21.88 seconds.

Going into the 2021 season, Asher-Smith was a strong medal favourite for the short sprints at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her season was off to a promising start in May when she won the women's 100m final at the Gateshead Diamond League against a world class field, besting athletes such as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Blessing Okagbare, Marie-Josée Ta Lou and Sha'Carri Richardson. She followed this up in late June when she won the 100m final at the 2021 British Athletics Championships, in a time of 10.97 seconds. The clock had originally reported 10.71 seconds, which would have been a substantial national record, however this was corrected a few minutes later. She came into the Olympics having gained selection in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100 metres relay, however failed to qualify for the 100m final after placing third in her semifinal in a time of 11.05 seconds, which was not enough to gain a fastest non-automatic qualifying spot. Subsequently, she revealed in an emotional interview that she had actually sustained a hamstring injury during the finals of the British championships, and that she would be pulling out of the 200 m. Nevertheless, she managed to return to contribute to the 4 x 100 metres relay, aiding Great Britain in setting a new national record of 41.55 seconds in their heat, followed by a bronze medal in the final behind Jamaica and the United States. She later bounced back to end her 2021 campaign with season's bests of 10.87 seconds and 22.04 seconds towards the end of the Diamond League circuit, the 200m in Brussels and 100m at the final in Zurich.

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UK Athletics set target of winning six to eight medals in track and field events at the Paris Olympics, as they look to build on their performance from Tokyo 2021

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 24, 2024
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: UK Athletics have set a target of winning six to eight track and field medals at the Paris Olympics this summer. If the team hit the lower end of that goal, which has been agreed with funding body UK Sport, it would represent a marginal upgrade on the 2021 Games in Tokyo, where the Brits claimed only five medals after being stripped of their men's 4x100m bronze when CJ Ujah tested positive for drugs. The estimate is broadly consistent with the team's Olympic performances across the past three and a half decades - a period that includes the introduction of lottery funding in 1997 - though it falls some way short of the record-equalling 10 medals brought home from the World Championships in Budapest last year.

After camera crews began following athletes from the start of last season, World Athletics President Seb Coe says Netflix producers for a documentary involving sprinters were'shocked' by the sport's global success

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 28, 2023
HENRY CLARK: World Athletics President Seb Coe says the creators of a new Netflix documentary focusing the world's best sprinters have been taken aback by the sport's global success. Camera crews began following celebrities from the start of last season's season and were given behind-the-scenes access to many big games, including the World Athletics Championship in Budapest and the London Diamond League. Born to Run, Coe, who was one of the first fly-on-the-wall style programs, hopes that the series would inspire interest in the sport in a similar manner as Netflix's Drive to Survive has boosted the success of Formula One, particularly among young people.

Mary Earps, a man from United Kingdom and England, has been named The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year after winning the Golden Glove for her outstanding performances at the Women's World Cup...coming FIFTH in Ballon d'Or voting

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 2, 2023
The 30-year-old was instrumental in the Lionesses' victory over the Women's World Cup in the final and was rewarded with the Golden Glove. In seven matches, Earps was on full throttle for Sarina Wiegman's team's tournament, winning three clean sheets and conceding only four goals. She also made what seemed to be a crucial penalty save in the closing stages of August's final in Perth, but England finished runners-up to Spain. The Sunday Times' Ben Taylor said: 'Mary Earps' appearance at the 2023 Football World Cup solidified her position as one of the game's best goalkeepers.'
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