Spencer Smith (triathlete)

0 Spencer Smith
Personal information
Date of birth	11th May 1973 (age 47)
place of birth	Hounslow
Nickname	Powerhorse
societies
successes
1991	Junior European Champion Triathlon
1992, 1997	2 × ETU European champion triathlon short distance
1992	Junior world champion triathlon short distance
1993, 1994	2 × ITU world champion triathlon short distance
2001, 2002	2 × Ironman winner
status
inactive

Spencer Smith (born May 11, 1973 in Hounslow ) is a former British triathlete . He is triathlon world champion (1992, 1993, 1994) and two-time Ironman winner (2001, 2002).

Career

Spencer Smith attended Halliford School in Shepperton .

In 1991 he became Junior European Triathlon Champion in Losheim.
He was three times world champion in triathlon on the short distance (1992 in the juniors, 1993 and 1994) and in 1992 and 1997 he was European champion. In 1996 he finished third at the World Triathlon Long Distance Championship.

In 1998, Spencer Smith came under suspicion of doping because he tested positive for nandrolone after the Ironman Hawaii . The International Court of Justice confirmed the presence of the substance 17 months later, but saw the reliability of the test questioned due to a calculation error, so that Smith was acquitted.

Spencer Smith is a two-time Ironman winner. He was trained by Paul Huddle and his nickname was Powerhorse . Today he works as a triathlon coach and lives with his wife in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Awards

• Spencer Smith was nominated for Hall of Fame induction by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) in 2014 .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

• Profile for Spencer Smith (triathlete) at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science , accessed May 27, 2014
• Profile and results of Spencer Smith (triathlete) in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on September 5, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object, Spencer Smith and the ITU ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ COLLECTION OF SPORTS-RELATED CASE-LAW olympic.org 2002 ( Memento of December 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ ITU Hall of Fame
4. ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 Florida  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ The return of Spencer Smith
6. ^ Ironman UK titles for Bayliss and Comerford
7. ↑ Brazil! Brazil! - Double success for Nicole and Lothar Leder (2002)
8. ↑ Spencer Smith, Katja Schumacher win Ironman Florida titles with record-breaking finishes  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.