Discipline
Goalball
- Goalball B3
Paralympic Games Attended
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Tokyo 2020
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Sporting Career Highlight
Winning gold at the Youth World Championships in 2017 in Budapest, Hungary and being awarded highest goal-scorer for the tournament.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough
Brodie Smith’s star was born at the World Youth Championships in Hungary in 2017. It was there that she was the highest scorer in the tournament and led the young Aussies to a historic gold medal. The following year, Smith was included in The Belles’ squad for the 2018 Worlds in Sweden and was selected for the team at the Tokyo Paralympics.
The team opened their Tokyo campaign with loses to Israel (11-0) and China (6-0). However, a thrilling victory over Canada (4-3) marked the first Australian goalball win since Atlanta 1996. The team then took on the Russian Paralympic Committee to mark the biggest win in their history, winning 4-1. The Belles’ Tokyo campaign ended when they were defeated 10-6 by Turkey in the quarter final.
When she’s not playing goalball, the Maitland product studies Secondary Education at Newcastle University. She enjoys reading, watching her favourite movies, and testing her luck against her friends and family in a variety of board games.
