词条 | Colin Smith (Australian rower) |
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| name = Colin Smith | headercolor = green | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = 1970–1978 | spouse = | height = | weight = | sport = Rowing | club = Melbourne University Boat Club | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}{{MedalGold | 1974 Lucerne | Lwt men's four}}{{MedalSilver | 1977 Amsterdam | Lwt men's four}}{{MedalBronze | 1975 Nottingham | Lwt men's four}}{{MedalBronze | 1978 Copenhagen | Lwt men's eight}} }}Colin Smith is an Australian lightweight rower. He won Australia's first rowing World Championship title – a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the lightweight men's four.[1] Club and state rowingSmith's senior rowing was with the Melbourne University Boat Club. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 1975 and 1977 he won a national championship title in the lightweight four. In 1979 he won a national title in the lightweight eight.[2] Smith was firstly selected in South Australian state representative lightweight fours to race the Penrith Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships from 1970 to 1973. After relocating to Victoria in 1974 he was selected in Victorian representative crews in 19874, 1975, 1977 and 1979. He was in crews that won the interstate championship on five occasions.[3] National representative rowingSmith was selected for Australian representative honours in a lightweight coxless four for the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne. That crew won Australia's first gold medal at a FISA World Rowing Championship.[4] The following year at Nottingham 1975 that same crew were selected to defend their title. They came third, taking the bronze medal and were the best performing Australian crew at those championships. They became the first Australian crew to win successive medals at any world championships or FISA championships.[5] Smith was also selected in Australia's lightweight four for Amsterdam 1977 and in the lightweight eight at Copenhagen 1978 taking silver and bronze, respectively. He was a selector of the national women's crews for the 1978 World Championships. He was picked for the men's lightweight eight who went to the 1979 World Rowing Championships but withdrew for business reasons.[6] Coach and administratorSmith was the coach of Victoria's King's Cup eight in 1981 and coach of Melbourne University coxless fours that placed first and second at the 1981 National Championships.[7] He was a board member of Rowing Australia from 1998–2009 and President from 2009–2015. He was Chairman of the High Performance Commission from 2001–2009 and Co-Chairman of the National Rowing Centre of Excellence from 2009–2015.[8] References1. ^{{cite web |title= Colin Smith |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/38110/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=13 November 2017}} {{World champions – Lightweight men's coxless four}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Colin}}2. ^Colin Smith's career at Guerin Foster 3. ^Penrith Cup 1975 at Guerin Foster 4. ^1974 World C'ships at Guerin Foster 5. ^1975 World C'ships at Guerin Foster 6. ^Colin Smith's career at Guerin Foster 7. ^Smith career at Guerin Foster 8. ^Smith career at Guerin Foster 4 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Australian male rowers|World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia |
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