Dani Samuels
Profile
- DOB: 1988-05-26
- Occupation: student
- Height: 182cm
- Weight: 82kg
- Resides: Sydney, NSW
- Coach: Denis Knowles
- Events: discus
Personal Bests:
Shot put: 16.30m - Sydney, 16/02/08
Discus throw: 65.84m - Sydney, 27/02/09
Major Teams:
Australian Championships:
Shot put: 2001 (U14) - 1st, 2002 (U16) - 3rd, 2002 (U18) - 1st, 2003 (U18) - 1st, 2005 - 4th (2nd Australian), (U20) - 1st, 2006 - 2nd (1st Australian), 2007 - 2nd (1st Australian), 2009 - 3rd (1st Australian)
Discus: 2001 (U14) - 1st, 2002 (U16) - 3rd, 2002 (U18) - 3rd, 2003 (U18) - 3rd, 2004 (U20) - 6th, 2005 - 2nd (1st Australian), (U20) - 1st, 2006 - 2nd (1st Australian), 2007 - 1st, 2008 - 1st, 2009 - 1st
World youth championships: 2003 - shot put qualifying round (11.59m), 2005 - discus 1st (54.09m), shot put 3rd (15.53m)
Commonwealth Youth Games: 2004 - shot put 1st (15.50m), discus 1st (49.92m)
Commonwealth Games: 2006 - shot put 12th (14.91m), discus 3rd (59.44m)
World junior championships: 2006 - shot put 7th (15.71m), discus 1st (60.63m)
World Cup: 2006 - discus 6th (59.68m)
World University Games: 2007 - discus 2nd (60.47m), 2009 - discus 1st (62.48m)
World championships: 2007 - discus qualifying round (60.44m), 2009 - discus 1st (65.44m)
Olympic Games: 2008 – discus 9th (60.15m)
Records:
National Under 20 record - shot put: 16.30m - Sydney, 16/02/08
National Under 20 record - discus: 61.92m - Melbourne, 21/02/08
National Under 18 record - discus: 58.52m - Brisbane, 26/11/05
National Under 18 record - discus: 55.94m - Gold Coast, 5/07/05
National Under 18 record - discus: 55.78m - Sydney, 5/03/05
Recent Highlights:
2010 - In February Dani set a new personal best of 65.84m to take out the Sydney Track Classic. Selected to compete at the XIX Commonwealth Games, Dani withdrew from the team prior to the commencement of the Games.
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