Leah smith paralympics

Personal

Daughter of Dan and Margee Smith...Has two older siblings, Aileen and Daniel, and one younger brother, Neal...Great uncle, Billy Conn, is a former world light heavyweight champion in boxingand her grandfather, Jimmy Smith, is a former World Series champion.

Olympic Experience

• 1-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, gold (4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Women), bronze (400m Freestyle - Women), 6th (800m Freestyle - Women)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – silver (4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Women)
• Years of participation: 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Women 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023; 200m Freestyle - Women 2017, 2022; 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (SC) - Women 2016, 2018, 2022; 400m Freestyle - Women 2017, 2019, 2022; 400m Freestyle (SC) - Women 2016, 2018, 2022; 400m Individual Medley (SC) - Women 2018, 2022; 800m Freestyle - Women 2017, 2019, 2022; 800m Freestyle (SC) - Women 2016, 2018, 2022; 200m Freestyle (SC) - Women 2016, 2018; 400m Individual Medley - Women 2017
• Medals: 16 (5 gold
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  Leah Smith (swimmer)

  American swimmer (born 1995)

  Leah Grace Smith^[1] (born April 19, 1995) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. Smith is a member of the 2016 US Women's Olympic Swimming team, and won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle and a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m relay at those games.

  Personal life

  Smith was born in Pittsburgh to a family of many elite athletes. She is a great-granddaughter of World Series champion baseball player Jimmy Smith and great-niece of boxer Billy Conn.^[2] Her sister Aileen currently swims for Columbia University.

  A graduate of Oakland Catholic High School, Smith committed to swim for the University of Virginia in 2013.^[3] She earned her B.A. degree in May 2017.^[1]

  Career

  College career

  Smith attended the University of Virginia, where she competed for the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team.^[4] At the 2015 NCAA Championships, she won both the 500-yard freestyle and the 1,650-yard freestyle. Smith repeated as NCAA Cham

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  Leah M. Smith

  Canadian biostatistician

  Leah M. Smith is a Canadian biostatistician affiliated with the Canadian Cancer Society and known for her work on the effectiveness and safety of HPV vaccines. She is the 2020 winner of the Lise Manchester Award, given annually by the Statistical Society of Canada in recognition of "excellence in statistical research that helps guide public policy in Canada".^[1]

  After studying psychology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Smith earned a master's degree in epidemiology in 2010 from Queen's University at Kingston, and completed her PhD in 2014 at McGill University. She returned to Queen's University for postdoctoral research before joining the Canadian Cancer Society in 2015.^[1]

  Beyond her work on the HPV vaccine, Smith has participated in studies on screening for colorectal cancer^[2] and the prevalence of cancer more generally in the Canadian population,^[3]

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