SPRINTING sensation Dina Asher-Smith is a record breaker.
She became the first Brit in history to win three gold medals at the European Championships in 2018- and is now looking to take that form into the World Championships in Doha.
Asher-Smith is one of Team GB’s brightest talentsCredit: PA:Press Association
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.
Dina Asher-Smith on the red carpet at last year’s SPOTYCredit: Rex Features
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 came her crowning achievement so far as she won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the European Championships.
What are Dina Asher-Smith’s record times?
Dina Asher-Smith smashed the British record in both the 100m and 200m at the European Championships in Berlin last year.
In the 100m she beat her own record for the second time, as she won gold in 10.85s.
And in the 200m, her 21.89s gold medal run beat her previous record set in 2015.
But she says she must get quicker to challenge for World Championship and Olympic glory.
Asher-Smith is going for gold in Doha 2019Credit: PA:Press Association
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’.”
Source: Athletics - thesun.co.uk
