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Also known as Dani Samuels

Australian discus thrower

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Dani Stevens is an athletics competitor holding citizenship of Australia, born on 26 May 1988 in the City of Fairfield. She competes in the discus throw and took part in the 2006, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was educated at Western Sydney University, stands 182 tall, and weighs 82. Her family name is recorded as Samuels or Stevens.

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Gender
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Origin
United States
Active from
1975-07-01
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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Stevens
Gender
female
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
City of Fairfield
Country for sport
Australia
Mass
82
Image
Dani Samuels Doha 2015.jpg
Height
182
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Commons category
Dani Samuels
date of birth
1988-05-26
sports discipline competed in
discus throw
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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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