About Denise Smith
Lived 1954 – 2020 (aged 65–66). Denise Smith was a British athletics competitor.
Denise Jacqueline Smith (1954-2020) was a British wheelchair athlete. A Paralympian and longtime wheelchair athlete, Smith won the inaugural London Marathon wheelchair race in a time of 4:29:03. She competed in ice sledge speed racing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and won three silver medals in the 100, 300, and 500 metre grade I events.
Smith was the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year 1990.
Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours for service to sport for disabled people.
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Who was Denise Smith?
British wheelchair racer
When was Denise Smith born?
Denise Smith was born in 1954 in United Kingdom.
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Denise Smith died in 2020.
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Denise Smith was an athletics competitor.
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Denise Smith was British.
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