- Martin Smith (swimmer)
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Martin Smith Personal information Full name Trevor Martin Smith Nationality British Born 10 January 1958 Died 10/1/58 Height 6'0 Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle College team Arkansas Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for 
Great BritainOlympic Games Bronze 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley relay World Championships (LC) Bronze 1978 Berlin 4×100 m medley relay European Championships (LC) Bronze 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley relay Competitor for 
EnglandCommonwealth Games Silver 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m medley Bronze 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1978 Edmonton 4×200 m freestyle Trevor Martin Smith (born 10 January 1958) is a former British Olympic swimmer and coach as well as an American football player.
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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 m medley relay alongside 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 football team at 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. He also represented Great Britain at the World Life Saving Championships in Berlin in 1978. He represented Brtish Police and England in the 1974 European Wrestling championships winning a bronze medal.
References
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=3X74IU837h8C&pg=RA1-PA333&lpg=RA1-PA333&dq=arkansas+football+%22martin+smith+%22&source=bl&ots=Lqid4gixcD&sig=beKEH2FwxJCy-s4AIXH7lsk7Kcc&hl=en&ei=eKeySYujA53etgePp6i8Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E6D71239F930A35757C0A960958260
- ^ http://www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=9293&team=czaslsc
- ^ http://www.hogwired.com//pdf4/133090.pdf?SPSID=30726&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=3X74IU837h8C&pg=RA1-PA333&lpg=RA1-PA333&dq=arkansas+football+%22martin+smith+%22&source=bl&ots=Lqid4gixcD&sig=beKEH2FwxJCy-s4AIXH7lsk7Kcc&hl=en&ei=eKeySYujA53etgePp6i8Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
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Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- English swimmers
- Freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists 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
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- British swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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