Amy Smith (swimmer)

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Amy Smith
Personal information
Full nameAmy Louis Smith
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36)
Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Budapest 4x100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Budapest 4x100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Szczecin 100 m freestyle
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle

Amy Louis Smith (born 24 July 1987 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire) is a British swimmer. [1]

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Smith was at the pinnacle of sprinting for British women and a member of the national swim team for a decade. She had a busy programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she competed for the Great British team in the Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 5th place in the final.

She also competed in the Women's 50 metre freestyle winning her heat swim off to qualify for the semi-final. She also made the semi-final for the Women's 100 metre freestyle but did not advance and swam the freestyle leg of the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay in the heat stage.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she was part of the England 4 x 100 m freestyle team that won the silver and swam the heat for the silver medal winning 4 x 100 m medley team. [2] [3]

Smith has now[ when? ] retired from competitive swimming but instead turned her attention to helping coach the next generation of swimmers through her swimming consultancy Swim Swift Elite [4] with her partner Joseph Roebuck.

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References

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  2. "Glasgow 2014 – Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final". g2014results.thecgf.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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  4. "Swimming Masterclasses and Swimming Camps". Swim Swift Elite. Retrieved 10 April 2017.