12 Facts About Dani Stevens

Dani Stevens is an Australian retired discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event.

Dani Stevens is the current national and Oceanian record holder.

Dani Stevens won the discus silver at the 2007 Summer Universiade and represented Australia at her first World Championships in Athletics soon after.

Dani Stevens reached the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and improved significantly the following year to win the gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Dani Stevens is the second eldest of 4 children and the family grew up in Merrylands, a suburb of Sydney and started athletics at Greystanes Little Athletics club.

Dani Stevens returned to the competition two years later, winning the bronze medal in the shot put, and the gold medal in the discus.

Dani Stevens reached the shot put final, finishing twelfth overall, but again it was in the discus where she excelled, winning the bronze medal at the age of seventeen.

Dani Stevens closed the year with a sixth-place performance at the 2006 IAAF World Cup, representing Oceania.

Dani Stevens achieved a then personal best throw throwing 65.44 metres to win the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

Dani Stevens came 10th at the 2011 World Athletics Championships, 12th at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Dani Stevens won the women's discus event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.

On 24 October 2021, Dani Stevens announced her retirement from competing in Athletics.