Dani Samuels
Dani Samuels in 2010
Daniele Samuels (born 26 May 1988 in Fairfield, Sydney ) is an Australian discus thrower, shot putter and Olympic participant, who may already have several major successes in multinational competitions.
She was born the second oldest of four children of the couple, Tracy and Mark Samuels in the metropolis of Sydney and grew up in Greystanes area. There, she began training at the age of seven years in Gray Stanes little athletic club athletics, also was mined their talents in basketball. In the seventh grade, she moved to the prestigious Westfields Sports High School, to further expand its services in basketball, but chose among her coach Denis Knowles for a specialization in the discus throw. This decision they revised the age of 15 again in the short term, as they again focused solely on the ball game, but then moved permanently back into the discus ring.
Samuels participated for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and there occupied the ninth place. At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009 she was again in the Australian squad and secured there in a surprise victory with a new personal best the world title. Three years later, it was enough for them at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games discharged for just a severed eighth and last place in the final thus
As a second sport Daniele Samuels exercises occasionally also shot put. In this discipline, it was 2007 Australian champion. In the years 2007 and 2008 she was able to celebrate in the discus throw this success.