Glen Smith (discus thrower)

(Redirected from Glen Smith (athlete)) English discus thrower For other people with similar names, see Glen Smith.

Glen Smith
Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1972-05-21) 21 May 1972 (age 52) Birkenhead, Merseyside
Sport
Sport	Athletics

Glen Ernest Smith (born 21 May 1972) is a male retired English discus thrower.

Athletics career

Smith was a two-time competitor at the World Championships in Athletics (1997 and 1999). He represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. and represented England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A third consecutive appearance at the Games ensued at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

His personal best throw is 65.11 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Barking. This places him third among English discus throwers, behind Perriss Wilkins and Richard Slaney.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	17th (q)	47.68 m
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	8th	53.76 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	6th	55.84 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	36th (q)	54.88 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	60.49 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	15th (q)	58.97 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	38th (q)	56.22 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	5th	57.52 m

References

Glen Smith at World Athletics

"1994 Athletes". Team England.
"England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
"1998 Athletes". Team England.
"England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
"Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
UK All-Time Lists: Men - Throws - GBR Athletics

v t e AAA Championships winners in men's discus throw
1876–1939	1876–1913: Not held 1914: Armas Taipale (FIN) 1915–19: Not held 1920: Patrick Quinn (IRE) 1921: Oscar Zallhagen (SWE) 1922: Vilho Niittymaa (FIN) 1923: George Mitchell 1924–26: Paddy Bermingham (IRL) 1927: Kálmán Marvalits (HUN) 1928: Ernst Paulus (GER) 1929: Harald Stenerud (NOR) 1930: Jules Noël (FRA) 1931: Endre Madarász (HUN) 1932: Paddy Bermingham (IRL) 1933: Endre Madarász (HUN) 1934: Paddy Bermingham (IRL) 1935: Harald Andersson (SWE) 1936: Bernard Prendergast (JAM) 1937: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE) 1938: Adolfo Consolini (ITA) 1939: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)
1946–59	1946–47: Reindert Brasser (NED) 1948: Cummin Clancy (IRL) 1949: Ferenc Klics (HUN) 1950: Raymond Kintziger (BEL) 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) 1952–53: Mark Pharaoh 1954: Ferenc Klics (HUN) 1955–56: Mark Pharaoh 1957: Mike Lindsay 1958: Fanie du Plessis (SAF) 1959: Mike Lindsay
1960–2006	1960: Mike Lindsay 1961: Elfranco Malan (RSA) 1962: Jay Silvester (USA) 1963: Dave Weill (USA) 1964: Roy Hollingsworth 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) 1966–70: Bill Tancred 1971: Les Mills (NZL) 1972–73: Bill Tancred 1974: John Powell (USA) 1975: John van Reenen (RSA) 1976: John Powell (USA) 1977–78: Pete Tancred 1979: John Powell (USA) 1980: Brian Oldfield (USA) 1981: John Powell (USA) 1982: Brad Cooper (BAH) 1983–84: Robert Weir 1985: Juan Martínez (CUB) 1986: Richard Slaney 1987–89: Paul Mardle 1990: Abi Ekoku 1991–92: Werner Reiterer (AUS) 1993: Robert Weir 1994: Kevin Brown 1995: Nick Sweeney (IRL) 1996–2000: Robert Weir 2001: Glen Smith 2002: Robert Weir 2003–04: Emeka Udechuku 2005–06: Carl Myerscough

This biographical article relating to English athletics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: