Colin Smith (rower)

Colin Smith (rower)
Medal record
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Colin Smith (rower)
Competitor for  United Kingdom
Rowing
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing Eight
World Championships
Bronze 2007 Munch Coxless Pair

Colin Smith (born 23 September 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a British rower, Olympic silver medallist and three times an Oxford Blue.

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Education

Colin Smith was educated at the Prince Edward School, Zimbabwe and St Catherine's College, Oxford (M.'03) where he read geography. He subsequently read for an MBA at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School in 2009 and finished a Graduate Diploma in Law in 2010.

The Boat Race

Whilst at Oxford University, Smith was a member of Oxford University Boat Club and took part in The Boat Race in 2004 and 2006. He returned in 2009, as president and won a second Boat Race. In 2009, Colin along with George Bridgewater and Ante Kusurin graduated with an MBA from the Said Business School.

  • 2009 OUBC — Won (two seat)
  • 2006 OUBC — Won (two seat)
  • 2005 Isis — Lost (stroke seat)
  • 2004 OUBC — Lost (stroke seat)

International Rowing Career

World Championships

  • 2007 Munich — Bronze, Coxless Pair (stroke seat)
  • 2006 Eton — 6th, Coxless Pair (bow seat)
  • 2005 Gifu — 12th, Single Scull

World Cups

  • 2008 Lucerne — 8th, Coxless Four (stroke seat)
  • 2008 Munich — Silver, Eight (stroke seat)
  • 2007 Amsterdam - Gold, Eight (two seat)
  • 2007 Linz - Gold, Coxless Pair (bow seat)
  • 2006 Lucerne — Silver, Coxless Pair (bow seat)
  • 2005 Munich — 11th, Double Scull (stroke seat)
  • 2005 Eton — 13th, Single Scull

World Under 23 Regatta

  • 2005 Amsterdam — 4th, Double Scull (bow seat)
  • 2004 Poznań — 2nd, Single Scull

Other rowing

St Catherine's College Men's 1st VIII 2005 with Colin Smith at 3

Just hours after competing in the 2005 World Cup event at Dorney Lake, Eton, Colin Smith made a guest appearance in St Catherine's College 1st VIII, who were competing in Summer Eights on the Isis at Oxford. He was joined in that crew by fellow international competitors Christopher Liwski and World Cup winner Andrew Triggs-Hodge. Their opposition, Hertford College were beaten easily.

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