Colin Smith

In 2002 Smith was a Commonwealth Championships gold medallist in the men's coxed four and the following year he was seventh in the men's pair at the World Rowing U23 Championships and winner of the U23 men's pair title at the Duisburg International Regatta.

A finalist in the Diamonds at Henley Royal Regatta, in the summer of 2004 he went on to win a silver medal in the men’s single at the World Rowing U23 Championships, his first medal for Great Britain.

In 2005 he won the B Final of the men’s single at the GB Rowing Senior Trials and raced in the single at the Eton World Cup Regatta as well as at the World Rowing Championships in Japan, where he finished 12th.

Earlier in the 2005 season, Smith finished fourth in the double scull at the World Rowing U23 Championships.

In 2006, Smith raced in the pair. The boat was a late selection because of academic pressures. Racing with Tom James they had a dramatic race at the Lucerne World Cup Regatta narrowly losing to the New Zealand World Champions, to take silver. At the World Rowing Championships in Eton they qualified for the A final finishing sixth.

Smith won bronze in the pair at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich after a successful season which saw him win gold in the pair at the first World Cup and in the eight at the second. At the 2008 GB Rowing Senior Trials, he finished second in the pair with Tom James. He raced in the eight in the 2008 World Cup series finishing second in Munich and first in Poznan.

Smith won two blues at Oxford University, the first in 2004 and then in the winning crew in 2006.

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Last Updated August 2009