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Multi-talented Smith rewarded with Olympic dream

 

Multi-talented Smith rewarded with Olympic dream

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Penny Smith of Victoria competes in qualifying during the Trap and Skeet Shooting Commonwealth Championships at the Lake Macquarie Clay Target Club on January 18, 2020 in Newcastle, Australia. (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images)

Life is full of many defining moments. For Olympic trap athlete Penny Smith, she faced her sporting career crossroads in 2012.

The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.

We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.

The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.