Spencer Smith (triathlete)

Spencer Smith
Medal record
Men's Triathlon
Competitor for  Great Britain
ITU Triathlon World Championships
Gold 1993 Manchester Elite
Gold 1994 Wellington Elite
ETU Triathlon European Championships
Gold 1992 Elite
Gold 1997 Elite
ITU Long Distance World Championships
Bronze 1996 Muncie Elite

Spencer Smith is a British triathlete who won ITU Triathlon World Championships in 1993 and 1994.

Contents

Triathlon titles

His list of triathlon titles include:

Progression to long course

Like many British triathletes competing in the race series put on by the International Triathlon Union, he eventually moved on from short course Olympic-distance racing to long course. He has competed in a number of 70.3 and full Ironman distance races following his domination on the short course. He finished 5th at the Ironman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, in 1998, and 8th in 2000. He won two Ironman Distance races: Ironman Florida in 2001 and Ironman Brazil in 2002.

Doping scandal

In 1998, Smith was accused of using the banned substance nandrolone. He was cleared 17 months later in 1999. During his following battles against doping allegations in 2000 to 2001, Smith rode for the now-defunct British professional cycling team, the Linda McCartney Racing Team.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1993 Manchester ITU Triathlon World Championship: Elite Men: Results". International Triathlon Union. http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/1993_manchester_itu_triathlon_world_championships/1221/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "1994 Wellington ITU Triathlon World Championship: Elite Men: Results". International Triathlon Union. http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/1994_wellington_itu_triathlon_world_championship/1215/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "Spencer Smith article archive". Slowtwitch.com. http://www.slowtwitch.com/headings/newsarchives/smith.html. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 

External links

Mark Allen (1989) • Greg Welch (1990) • Miles Stewart (1991) • Simon Lessing (1992) • Spencer Smith (1993-1994) • Simon Lessing (1995-1996) • Chris McCormack (1997) • Simon Lessing (1998) • Dmitriy Gaag (1999) • Olivier Marceau (2000) • Peter Robertson (2001) • Iván Raña (2002) • Peter Robertson (2003) • Bevan Docherty (2004) • Peter Robertson (2005) • Tim Don (2006) • Daniel Unger (2007) • Javier Gómez (2008) • Alistair Brownlee (2009) • Javier Gómez (2010) • Alistair Brownlee (2011)
(women)

Rob Barel (1985-1988) • Yves Cordier (1989) • Fons Hamblock (1990) • Simon Lessing (1991) • Spencer Smith (1992) • Simon Lessing (1993-1994) • Rainer Müller-Hörner (1995) • Luc Van Lierde (1996) • Spencer Smith (1997) • Andrew Johns (1998) • Reto Hug (1999) • Andrew Johns (2000) • Filip Ospalý (2001) • Iván Raña (2002-2003) • Rasmus Henning (2004) • Frédéric Belaubre (2005-2006) • Javier Gómez (2007) • Frédéric Belaubre (2008) • Javier Gómez (2009) • Alistair Brownlee (2010-2011)
(women)