Samantha Dale
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.71m (Melbourne, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
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Samantha Dale (born 30 June 2001) is an Australian long jumper. She is a two-time winner of the Australian Athletics Championships and was a gold medalist at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships. She has represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Career
She jumped 6.72 metres at the Melbourne Track Classic in March 2022, but there was no recorded wind mark.[2] She won the 2021–22 Australian Athletics Championships long jump title for the first time in Sydney in 2022, with a jump of 6.45 metres.[3] She competed for Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, placing tenth in the final with a jump of 6.32 metres (+1.1).[4][5]
She jumped 6.71 metres in Melbourne in February 2023 as she beat 2021 Olympic finalists Tara Davis-Woodhall and Brooke Buschkuehl to win the Maurie Plant Meet.[6] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[3]
She won the gold medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024 with a jump of 6.47 metres.[7]
She won the Australian Athletics Championships for a second time in Perth in 2025, jumping 6.45m (+2.3) jump to secure the win ahead of the previous year’s World Under-20 champion Delta Amidzovski.[8][9] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, where she qualified for the final with a leap of 6.38m (-0.7) before placing seventh overall.[10][11][12]
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13][14]
References
- ^ "Samantha Dale". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Melbourne Track Classic". World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ a b "DALE NOW JUMPING THE LENGTH OF A LIMO". nswis.com. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "AUSSIES IN ACTION IN BIRMINGHAM: DAY 8". commonwealthgames.com.au. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "XXII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne". World Athletics. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "WHO ELSE? GOUT'S SIGNATURE SPEED SIGNS OFF AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "OATES FINISHES TOP-FIVE AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.