Who is Dina Asher-Smith? From kit carrier at 2012 Olympics to gold medal 100m hopeful
SPRINTING sensation Dina Asher-Smith is a record breaker.
The fastest British woman in recorded history, Asher-Smith took the World Championships in Doha by storm earlier this year.
Who is Dina Asher-Smith?
Born on December 4, 1995, Asher-Smith has excelled at youth level as a sprinter, winning gold medals in the World and European Junior Championships.
She graduated in history at Kings College.
Dina takes part in 100m and 200m races for Team GB – and is targeting gold at next summer’s Olympics in Japan.
During London 2012, she carried the kit for her idols.
But just eight years later, Asher-Smith will travel to Tokyo as one of the brightest talents in the team.
What has Dina Asher-Smith won?
Asher-Smith charged to victory in the 200m at the European Championships in Amsterdam 2017,
She had won the 100m at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Oregon, and gold in the 100m at the European Junior Championships in 2013, as well as the 200m at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2011.
She was part of Britain’s 4 x 100m relay team who sealed bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
And in 2018 she won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the European Championships.
But it was at the 2019 World Championships where Asher-Smith was elevated to elite level.
She took the gold medal in the 200m with a national record of 21.88s, as well as silver in the 100m and 4x100m relay.
What are Dina Asher-Smith’s record times?
Going into the Doha championships, Asher-Smith was regarded as one of Team GB’s big medal hopes.
But few expected her to return with three medals.
She posted a personal best in both the 200m and 100m – 21.88s and 10.83s respectively.
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With the Olympics now just months away, Dina is looking to go a step further and add more medals to her cabinet.
She commented: “It’s the Olympic Games.
“There are so many talented women out there running unbelievable times.
“I think we have got three or four of the fastest women of all time in action right now.
“Not all of them were at the European Championships, some of them run for America and Jamaica. It is no easy task.
“First and foremost I have to keep training and get a little bit faster.
“While 10.85 and 21.89 are good times and would put me in good stead at a normal World Championships and Olympics, the fantastically talented women across the world are so fast that won’t let me sit here and say ‘it is going to be nice and easy’.”