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Geraldina "Dina" Rachel Asher-Smith, OLY (/ˈdiːnə ˈæʃɜː smɪθ/; born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter.
The fastest British woman on record, she won a gold medal in the 200 metres, silver in the 100 metres and another silver in the 4×100 m relay at the 2019 World Championships, breaking her own British records with further records which still stand. Aged 24, Asher-Smith was the first Briton to win three medals at a World Championships, and the first British woman to win a World title in a sprint event. She earned a bronze in the 200 m at the 2022 World Championships. As part of 4×100 m relay teams, she won medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and also at the 2013 and 2017 World Championships.
Asher-Smith won the
Domestically, Asher-Smith has won eight national titles, indoors and out, over 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres as of 2023.
She is the British record holder for the 100 m and 200 m and the British indoor record holder for the 60 m. Asher-Smith has been listed in the Powerlist as one of the UK's most influential people of African-Caribbean descent, most recently in the 2021 edition.[2][3]
Early life and education
Dina Asher-Smith was born on 4 December 1995 in Orpington, London. Her parents are Julie, who was born in London, and Winston, who was born in Jamaica but moved to England when he was a child. She has Jamaican and Trinidadian ancestry.[4] She attended Perry Hall Primary School.[5] From 2008 to 2014, she attended Newstead Wood School in Orpington.[6] Asher-Smith achieved 9 A stars and 2 As in her GCSEs.[7] In August 2014, she got 3 A-Levels which allowed her entry into King's College London to study history. Upon receiving the results, she called it "the best morning" of her life.[8][9][10] Asher-Smith graduated with BA in 2017.[11] She is a supporter of Manchester United F.C.[12]
Asher-Smith was coached by John Blackie. In 2009, she ran the 300 metres in 39.16 seconds to set the current world age 13 best.
Asher-Smith worked as a kit-bag carrier during the
Junior competitions
At the 2012 World Junior Championships, Asher-Smith finished seventh in the 200 m final in a then personal best time of 23.50 seconds. She said afterwards that "I am elated to have made the final and achieve a PB in the process, and I'm looking ahead to next year in Italy."
In 2013, she earned two gold medals at the
At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene, Asher-Smith won the 100 metres running 11.23 seconds.
Professional athletics career
Asher-Smith was part of the winning Great Britain team for the 4 × 100 m relay at the
At the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, she qualified for the 200 m final but pulled out with a hamstring injury on the bend.
She took the silver medal for the 60 m at the 2015 European Indoor Championships. It was the first time in 30 years that a British female won a medal in the event. In doing so, Asher-Smith equalled Jeanette Kwakye's British record of 7.08 s and, being 19 years old, became the fastest ever teenager at 60 m.[17] She first broke the British 100 metres record with 11.02 s on 24 May in Hengelo, before becoming the first British woman to run a legal time under 11 seconds, with 10.99 s on 25 July at the London Anniversary Games. She then finished fifth at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing with a time of 22.07 s, a new British record.
At the
On 17 February 2017, Asher-Smith broke her foot in a training accident,[19] but still managed to secure fourth place in the women's 200 m[20] and a silver medal as part of the Great Britain 4 × 100 m relay later that year at the World Championships in London.
In 2018, she went to Australia early to train and get used to the conditions prior to the Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place in Gold Coast, Queensland in that country. She qualified for the 200 m final, and came away with a bronze medal in a time off 22.29 seconds. England ladies, including Asher-Smith, qualified for the 4x100 m relay final, where they won gold in a time of 42.46 seconds, beating one of the favorites, Jamaica.[21] At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Asher-Smith won both the 100 m[22] and 200m metres titles, improving her British records to 10.85 and 21.89 seconds respectively, becoming the first British woman in history to run below 22 seconds for 200 metres, and moving to 22nd on the 200 metres world all-time list (35th at 100 m). She won a third gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.[23] Asher-Smith was named women's European Athlete of the Year for her success in October.[24] She was later hailed by IAAF president Sebastian Coe as the next sprint sensation in athletics.[25]
Asher-Smith won the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in a new British record of 10.83 seconds, finishing second behind only Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.[26] She was the first female British sprinter to win, over 100 m or 200 m, an individual medal in the world championships since Kathy Cook in 1983.[26] On 2 October, she became the World Champion in the 200 m, setting a personal best and new British record of 21.88 seconds.[27][28]
Going into the 2021 season, Asher-Smith was a strong medal favourite for the short sprints at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her season was off to a promising start in May when she won the women's 100 m final at the Gateshead Diamond League against a world class field, besting athletes such as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Blessing Okagbare, Marie-Josée Ta Lou and Sha'Carri Richardson.[29] She followed this up in late June when she won the 100 m final at the 2021 British Athletics Championships in a time of 10.97 seconds. The clock had originally reported 10.71 seconds, which would have been a substantial national record, however this was corrected a few minutes later.[30] She came into the Olympics having gained selection in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay, however failed to qualify for the 100 m final after placing third in her semifinal in a time of 11.05 seconds, which was not enough to gain a fastest non-automatic qualifying spot. Subsequently, she revealed in an emotional interview that she had actually sustained a hamstring injury during the finals of the British championships, and that she would be pulling out of the 200 m.[31] Nevertheless, she managed to return to contribute to the 4 x 100 m relay, aiding Great Britain in setting a new national record of 41.55 seconds in their heat, followed by a bronze medal in the final behind Jamaica and the United States. She later bounced back to end her 2021 campaign with season's bests of 10.87[32] seconds and 22.04 seconds[33] towards the end of the Diamond League circuit, the 200 m in Brussels and 100 m at the final in Zurich.
At the
Other activities
Asher-Smith has modelled for Louis Vuitton, Valentino and Off-White, and in 2019 had a Barbie created in her likeness.[14] The same year, she made a cameo appearance in the music video for the single "Black" by Dave.[14]
In 2021, she was awarded an
Achievements
Personal bests
Event | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Venue (m/s) | Date | Notes |
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60 metres indoor | 7.03 i | — | Birmingham , United Kingdom
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25 February 2023 | NR |
100 metres | 10.83 | +0.1 | Doha, Qatar | 29 September 2019 | NR |
200 metres | 21.88 | +0.9 | Doha, Qatar | 2 October 2019 | NR |
300 metres | 36.41 | — | London, United Kingdom | 21 April 2022 | Mx |
4 × 100 m relay | 41.55 | — | Tokyo, Japan | 5 August 2021 | NR |
60 metres indoor U23 | 7.08 i | — | Prague, Czech Republic | 8 March 2015 | NU23B |
100 metres U23 | 10.99 | +0.1 | London, United Kingdom | 25 July 2015 | NU23R |
100 metres U20 | 11.14 | +1.5 | Mannheim, Germany | 5 July 2014 | NU20R |
200 metres U23 | 22.07 | +0.2 | Beijing, China | 28 August 2015 | NU23R |
200 metres indoor U20 | 23.15 i | — | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 2 March 2014 | AU20R |
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2011 | Commonwealth Youth Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | 1st | 200 m | 24.30 | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.19 | [35] | |||
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | 200 m | 23.50 | |
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | Pass failed | |||
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 1st | 200 m | 23.29 | [36] |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.81 | NJR | |||
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.87 | ||
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 1st | 100 m | 11.23 | [37] |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | – | 200 m | DNF | Injury[38] | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 2nd | 60 m | 7.08 | NR[39] |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 200 m | 22.07 | NR | |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.10 | NR | |||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, OR, United States | 6th (sf) | 60 m | 7.11 | DNS[note 1] |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 200 m | 22.37 | ||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.45 | ||||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | 200 m | 22.31 | [40] | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.77 | NR | |||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 200 m | 22.22 | |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.12 | ||||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 3rd | 200 m | 22.29 | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.46 | ||||
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 100 m | 10.85 | WL NR | |
1st | 200 m | 21.89 | WL NR | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.88 | WL | |||
Continental Cup | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | 100 m | 11.16 | [note 2] | |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.55 | ||||
2019 | World Championships
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Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 100 m | 10.83 | NR |
1st | 200 m | 21.88 | NR | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.85
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2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 10th (sf) | 100 m | 11.05 | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.88 | ||||
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 4th | 100 m | 10.83 | =NR |
3rd | 200 m | 22.02 | ||||
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.75 | ||||
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 8th | 100 m | 16.03 | ||
2nd | 200 m | 22.43 | ||||
- | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | ||||
2023 | World Championships
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Budapest, Hungary | 8th | 100 m | 11.00 | |
7th | 200 m | 22.34 |
Circuit wins and titles
- Diamond League champion 100 m: 2019
- 2016 (1): Stockholm Bauhaus-Galan (200m)
- 2018 (1): Stockholm (100m)
- 2019 (3): Brussels Memorial Van Damme (100m), Doha Diamond League (200m), Stockholm (200m)
- 2021 (2): Gateshead British Grand Prix (100m), Rome Golden Gala in Florence (200m, MR)
- Birmingham Diamond League(100m & 4 x 100m relay), Stockholm (200m)
- World Indoor Tour
- 60 metres wins
- 2023: Karlsruhe Init Indoor Meeting (WL =MR NR)
National titles
- British Athletics Championships
- 100 metres: (5) 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
- 200 metres: (1) 2016
- British Indoor Athletics Championships
See also
- 100 metres
- 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships
- 200 metres
- 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (women)
- 2018 in 100 metres
- 2020/21 in 60 metres
Notes
References
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External links
- Dina Asher-Smith at World Athletics
- Dina Asher-Smith at European Athletics
- Dina Asher-Smith at Diamond League
- Dina Asher-Smith at British Athletics
- Dina Asher-Smith at ThePowerOf10.info
- Dina Asher-Smith at Olympics.com
- Dina Asher-Smith at Olympedia
- Dina Asher-Smith at Team GB
- Dina Asher-Smith at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games(archived)
- Dina Asher-Smith on Instagram