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Also known as Dani Samuels

Australian discus thrower

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1975-07-01
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Total plays
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Key facts

Born
( 1988-05-26 ) 26 May 1988 (age 38) , Fairfield , New South Wales , Australia
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Country
Australia
Sport
Athletics
Event
Discus throw
Club
Westfields Athletics Club

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Encyclopedic overview

Dani Stevens (née Samuels, born 26 May 1988) is an Australian retired discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event. She is the current national and Oceanian record holder.

After winning the discus gold and shot put bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, she went on to win the bronze medal in the discus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne at the age of seventeen. She won the discus silver at the 2007 Summer Universiade and represented Australia at her first World Championships in Athletics soon after. She reached the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and improved significantly the following year to win the gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

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