David William Smith (born 13 February 1987 in

Shellharbour Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellha ...

) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the

2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The competition was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The Canadian city was selected to host the ...

in Dartmouth. He also won a silver at the 2011 ICF World Championships in Szeged, Hungary in the K-4 1000m, and then a bronze in the same event in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

. Smith competed in the K-4 1000 m event at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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, but was eliminated in the semifinals. He was the member of Champion Australia's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m team in the London Olympics 2012, with Tate Smith (no relation),

Murray Stewart Murray Scott Stewart (born 2 July 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is an Australian kayaker. Stewart qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and teamed up with Riley Fitzsimmons, Lachlan Tame and Jordan Wood in the Men's K-4 500m sprin ...

and Jacob Clear.

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* * * * 1987 births Australian Institute of Sport canoeists Australian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia People from the Illawarra Sportsmen from New South Wales 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub