Dane Bird-Smith

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dane Bird-Smith
Date Of Birth	Jul 15, 1992(1992-07-15)
Age	32
Birthplace	Kippa-Ring
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Cancer

Dane Bird-Smith Biography

Dane Bird-Smith is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on July 15, 1992 in Kippa-Ring, Queensland, Australia. Dane Alex bird-Smith (born the 15th of July, 1992) is an Australian racewalker. He participates in the race of 20 km walk. He has a personal best time of 1:19:28 hours for this distance, which was set in the year the year 2017. He took part in his 2016 Rio Olympics in which he won the bronze medal. Bird-Smith has represented Australia during the World Championships in Athletics three times (2013 2013, 2015, and 2017,) and has competed at four times in the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships/Cup.

Bird-Smith saw some rapid improvement in the 20km race in 2014. After securing his very first Oceanian championship in the month of February, Bird-Smith ran 1:21:01 to finish third place in Nomi, Ishikawa, then made a record-setting lifetime time of 1:20:27 at the 2013 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and was ranked 14th. There were no other major championships to take part in He took to the track and took home the British Grand Prix of Race Walking in addition to the third consecutive Australian 20km title. He was ranked among the world’s top 25 for the whole year.

He was the gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, the Summer Universiade in 2015 and the Oceania Race Walking Championships in 2018 and

2014. He is the son of former Australian Olympic walker David Smith.

The second national title was awarded during the 2013 Australian Athletics Championships, this time for the 5000m walk, an event in which he also recorded the world record time of 18:56.96 minutes, which was ranked 3rd in the world at that time. He also set a personal record during the Oceanian Championships 20 km race which he finished second to his fellow Australian Jared Tallent and had his first third place finish in the race during the Coppa Citta di Sesto San Giovanni. He set a new personal best of 1:22:03 was set following the La Coruna race, where the race was his fourth in overall. The race culminated in his debut appearance in Australia in the 2013. World Championships in Athletics, in which he was successful by finishing eleventh, which was his first admission into the elite tiers of international competition. He was surpassing his father’s best place at the event. Dane finished 2013 by winning the title of the nation’s 20-kilometer champion. In 2016, Dane was awarded an Olympic bronze medal at Rio Olympic Games.

Dane Bird-Smith Net Worth

Dane Bird-Smith is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dane Bird- Smith 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bird-Smith scored his first success at the national level in 2008 when he took home his first Australian Youth title. The next year, junior-level titles followed. year, and he had his first international appearance by placing eight in the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He was the track and road national junior champion in the year 2010 and established the Australian junior record in 41:32.36 minutes in the 10,000 m race walk, while finishing in fifth place at the World Junior Championships in Athletics. The event was also his first appearance at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup and was excluded from the junior race due to lifting his feet. He then improved by a time of 41:02.18 seconds in the year 2011, and also set the Oceanian record of 40:56 mins for the 10km road walk to take the title of the event exhibition in the Oceania Race Walking Championships.

Bird-Smith started to participate in senior events towards the final stages of 2011, and also on his first international circuit appearance in the Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruna finishing the race in 13th position. The first time he participated in the 20-kilometer race walk was in December, and he clocked the time as 1:26.38 hours. He surpassed this time during the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge circuit, achieving the time at 1:23:15 in Taicang. He finished 42nd in the senior 20km race in the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup before claiming the first title of his national championship in August.

In 2015, Bird-Smith placed fifth at both the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Taicang and La Coruña race, setting a new best of 1:20:05 hours at the latter. This preceded his first ever global gold medal, which the University of Queensland student achieved at the 2015 Universiade, narrowly overturning the lead of Canada’s Benjamin Thorne.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Dane Bird-Smith height 6 ft 2 in Dane weight 72 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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Dane Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Dane Bird-Smith celebrates birthday on July 15 of every year.