Steve Smith (athlete)

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	High jump
World Championships
Bronze	1993 Stuttgart	High jump

Steve Smith (born 29 March 1973) is a retired high jumper from England. He was born in Liverpool. At the 1992 World Junior Championships he equalled the junior world record of 2.37 metres, which Dragutin Topic had achieved in 1990. Smith equalled this result a few times but never broke his personal best, which is also the British record.

A four-time national champion for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event, Smith retired after rupturing his Achilles tendon in 1999, he opened Jalons Restaurant in Liverpool in 2000 and he is now a director of raisethebar (www.raisethebar.co.uk) a training company that uses sport as an inspirational learning model.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	1st	2.37 junior WR
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	2.37 indoor PB
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	2.37 =PB
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia	3rd
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	6th