Carl Smith (rower)
{{Short description|British rower (1962–2010)}}
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| birth_date = 1962
| birth_place = Nottingham, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|01|01|1962|df=y}}
| death_place = Nottingham, England
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| sport = Rowing
| club = Nottingham RC
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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Nottingham | Lwt men's double scull}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Vienna | Lwt men's four}}
{{MedalGold | 1992 Montreal | Lwt men's four}}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Indianapolis | Lwt men's eight}}
{{MedalSilver | 1983 Duisburg | Lwt men's four}}
{{MedalBronze | 1984 Montreal | Lwt men's four}}
{{MedalBronze | 1987 Copenhagen | Lwt men's double scull}}
{{MedalBronze | 1990 Tasmania | Lwt men's eight}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1986 Edinburgh | single scull}}
{{MedalBronze| 1986 Edinburgh | double scull}}
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Carl Smith (1962 – 1 January 2010) was a British lightweight rower.
Rowing career
Smith was a four times World Champion winning a gold medal in 1986, 1991 at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna with the lightweight men's four,{{cite web |title= Carl Smith |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/10236/ |publisher= International Rowing Federation |access-date= 13 November 2017 |archive-date= 14 November 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093334/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/10236/ |url-status= dead }} 1992 and 1994.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2010/01/sad-news-carl-smith/|title=Sad News – Carl Smith|website=British Rowing}}
He represented England and won two bronze medals in the single scull and doubles scull with Allan Whitwell, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49800|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{dead link|date=February 2025}}
Personal life
He went to school at West Bridgford Comprehensive School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpaulwilliamson.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=130|title=Carl Smith Fund|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727151141/http://www.jpaulwilliamson.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=130|url-status=dead}} He died in 2010 in a car accident.
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing|10236}}
{{World champions – Lightweight men's coxless four}}
{{World champions – Lightweight men's eight}}
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Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:People educated at West Bridgford School
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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