Martin Smith (swimmer)
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| Full name | Trevor Martin Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain |
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| Born | 10 January 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Arkansas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trevor Martin Smith (born 10 January 1958) is a former English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Smith was an Olympic bronze medallist and won six medals in major international swimming championships as a member of British or English relay teams. He also played American football while a student-athlete at the University of Arkansas.
Swimming
Smith represented Great Britain at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games. He was part of the bronze medal winning team in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay alongside teammates Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew and David Lowe.
Smith joined the swimming team at the University of Arkansas, later becoming their head coach until the team was discontinued in 1996.[1][2] That same year, he was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
American football
After his collegiate swimming eligibility was exhausted, Smith walked on to the Arkansas Razorbacks football team at the University of Arkansas. A barefoot placekicker, he was successful on 22 of 22 point after touchdown attempts and 3 of 7 field goals in the 1982 campaign, his only season.[4] He was locked in a kicking competition throughout the season, never fully satisfying head coach Lou Holtz. Smith played in the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl, where he kicked four extra points in Arkansas' 28-to-24 victory over the Florida Gators.[5]
Family
Smith is from a sporting family. His brother Neil Smith was an international water polo player representing England and Great Britain on the Under 21 years teams, Great Britain at the World Life Saving Championships in Berlin in 1978, and British Police and England in the 1974 European Wrestling championships where he won a bronze medal.
See also
References
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- English swimmers
- Male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Arkansas Razorbacks football players
- Arkansas Razorbacks swimmers
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
