Denise Smith

Denise Jacqueline Smith MBE is a former British wheelchair athlete. A Paralympian and longtime wheelchair athlete, Smith won the inaugural London Marathon wheelchair race in a time of 4:29:03.^[1] 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.^[2]

Denise Jacqueline Smith
MBE

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	United Kingdom
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Ice sledge speed racing
Medal record Women's ice sledge speed racing Representing  Great Britain Winter Paralympic Games 1984 Innsbruck 100 m - gr I 1984 Innsbruck 300 m - gr I 1984 Innsbruck 500 m - gr I London Marathon 1983 London Women's

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.^[3]

References

1. "1983 Race Report". London Marathon. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
2. "Denise Smith". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
3. UK list: "No. 53153". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 16.

External links

• Denise Smith at the International Paralympic Committee