Spencer Smith is a British

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who won

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in 1993 and 1994.

Athletic career

Smith moved on from short course Olympic-distance racing to long course and has competed in a number of full Ironman and half-iron distance races following his short course career. He finished 5th at the

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in Kona,

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, in 1998, and 8th in 2000. He won two Ironman Distance races: Ironman Florida in 2001 and Ironman Brazil in 2002. In 1998, Smith was accused of using the banned substance

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. After a long and costly case, he was exonerated after 17 months. During the

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hearing in New York it was found that the Los Angeles testing laboratory had made an error. After clearing his name against the doping allegation, Smith rode for the now-defunct British professional cycling team,

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. Smith was recognized by the

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(BTF) for his outstanding contribution to the sport, and was awarded the BTF Golden Pin. Since retiring as a professional athlete Smith operates a multi-sport athlete and triathlon coaching company called S2Coaching.

Triathlon titles

Smith's list of triathlon titles include: * ITU World Triathlon Champion **1993 **1994 * ITU World Triathlon Junior Champion **1992 * ETU European Triathlon Champion **1992 **1997 * BTA British Triathlon Champion **1991 **1992 **1993 **1994

References

External links

Triathlon.org results list
British male triathletes Living people 1973 births {{UK-triathlon-bio-stub