Amalie Smith
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| Full name | Amalie Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 24, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley, breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | British Swimming Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amalie Smith (born 24 August 2009) is a British swimmer specialising in individual medley and breaststroke. She won two gold medals at the 2025 European Junior Swimming Championships, a further gold at the 2026 European Junior Swimming Championships, and two silver medals at the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Moving into senior swimming, she won three medals for England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, including an individual silver in the 400 metres individual medley, before winning her first European senior gold medal, swimming the heat for Great Britain in the women's 4 x 200 freestyle relay at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships.
Early life
[edit]Amalie Smith was born on 24 August 2009 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.[1]
Career
[edit]2025 European Junior Swimming Championships
[edit]At the 2025 European Junior Swimming Championships in Šamorín, Slovakia, Smith claimed gold in the 200 metre individual medley in a championship-record 2:12.62.[2] She followed that up with gold in the 400 metre individual medley, posting a personal best of 4:37.02 to become the fastest 15-year-old in British history over that distance.[3]
2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
[edit]At the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania, Smith won silver in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:35.49, finishing behind Argentina's Agostina Hein who set a new championship record of 4:34.34.[4] Two days before her 16th birthday, she added silver in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:11.07, setting a new British age-group record for 15-year-olds.[5]
Personal bests
[edit]| Event | Time | Venue | Year |
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| 200 metre individual medley | 2:11.07 | Otopeni, Romania | 2025 |
| 400 metre individual medley | 4:34.34 | Otopeni, Romania | 2025 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Amalie Smith". SwimCloud. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "Great Britain Tops Final Medal Table At 2025 European Junior Championships". SwimSwam. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "Amalie Smith Drops 4:37.02 400 IM to become sixth-fastest British Swimmer of All-Time". SwimSwam. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "Otopeni 2025: Day one at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produces world record, silver for GB's Smith and two relay medals for Italy". European Aquatics. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ↑ "Two Days Before Her 16th Birthday, GB's Amalie Smith Resets her 2nd Age Group Record". SwimSwam. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Amalie Smith at SwimCloud
- Amalie Smith at World Aquatics
