David Smith (hammer thrower, born 1974)
David William Smith is a male retired hammer thrower from Great Britain.He represented the United Kingdom in the men's hammer throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he failed to reach the final, having thrown 69.32 metres in the qualifying round. He represented England in the hammer throw event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In 2002 he was ranked as the country's number one, but he retired in 2003.In 2015 Smith was sentenced to two years in prison for a sexual offence.International competitions
