David Smith (canoeist)

{{short description|Australian sprint canoeist (born 1987)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = David Smith.jpg

| caption = Smith in 2008

| full_name = David William Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|13 February 1987}}

| birth_place = Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}

{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2012 London|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Dartmouth|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Szeged|K-4 1000m}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Duisburg|K–4 1000 m}}

}}

David William Smith {{post-nominals|country=AUS|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.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2012/CAN/|title=Australia Canoeing at the 2012 London Summer Games|access-date=22 July 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905233016/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2012/CAN/|archivedate=5 September 2016}}