Martin Smith (swimmer)


Trevor Martin Smith is a former English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Smith was an Olympic bronze medallist and won six medals in major international swimming championships as a member of British or English relay teams. He also played American football while a student-athlete at the University of Arkansas.

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-metre medley relay alongside teammates Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew and David Lowe.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay and two bronze medals in the freestyle relays, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is also a two times winner of the ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle.
Smith joined the swimming team at the University of Arkansas, later becoming their head coach until the team was discontinued in 1996. That same year, he was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame.

American football

After his collegiate swimming eligibility was exhausted, Smith walked on to the Arkansas Razorbacks football team at the University of 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. 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.

Family

Smith is from a sporting family. His brother Neil Smith was an international water polo player and freestyle skier representing England and Great Britain on the Under 21 years teams, Great Britain at the World Life Saving Championships in Berlin in 1978, and British Police and England in the 1974 European Wrestling championships where he won a bronze medal.
More recently Neil competed in the 2018 Abruzzo over 60's downhill ski skittles championships where he successfully knocked down 17 people including an old Italian lady, and a lady on her first black slope.