Dane Bird-Smith
Dane Bird-Smith in 2013.
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| Born | 15 July 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Country |
 Australia
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 20km Race Walk | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | David Smith | ||||||||||||
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Dane Alex Bird-Smith (born 15 July 1992) is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk and has a best of 1:19:37 hours for the distance, set in 2016 at the Rio olympics. He represented Australia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and has appeared three times at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
He was the gold medallist at the Summer Universiade in 2015 and the Oceania Race Walking Championships in 2014. He is the son of former Australian Olympic walker David Smith.
The son of David Smith, an international racewalker, Queensland-born Bird-Smith initially took up athletics but focused on the 400 metres. However he switched to racewalking as a teenager and began to be coached by his father.
He had his first national success in 2008 when he won the Australian youth title. Junior-level titles followed the next year and he also made his international debut, placing eight at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He repeated as road and track national junior champion in 2010 and set an Australian junior record of 41:32.36 minutes for the 10,000 metres race walk while finishing fifth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He also made his debut at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, but was disqualified from the junior race for foot-lifting. He improved further to 41:02.18 minutes in 2011 and also set an Oceanian record of 40:56 minutes in the 10 km road walk discipline to win the exhibition event at the Oceania Race Walking Championships.
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