David Smith (canoeist)
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| Full name | David William Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1987 (age 37) Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David William Smith OAM (born 13 February 1987 in Shellharbour) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth. He also won a silver at the 2011 ICF World Championships in Szeged, Hungary in the K-4 1000m, and then a bronze in the same event in 2013.
Smith competed in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was eliminated in the semifinals. He was the member of Champion Australia's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m team in the London Olympics 2012, with Tate Smith (no relation), Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Australia Canoeing at the 2012 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
External links
[edit]- Canoe09.ca profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
External links
[edit]- David Smith at the International Canoe Federation
- David Smith at the Australian Olympic Committee
- David Smith at Olympedia
- David Smith at Olympics.com
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