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Lawrie Smith

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Lawrie Smith
Personal information
Full nameLawrence Edward Smith
Born19 February 1956 (1956-02-19) (age 68)
Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Soling

Lawrie Smith (born 19 February 1956) is a British sailor. He won a bronze medal in the soling class at the 1992 Summer Olympics with Robert Cruikshank and Ossie Stewart.[1]

He was the skipper of various yachts at the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989–90, 1993–94 and 1997–98.

He was the Overall Winner of the Henri Lloyd 'Outstanding Act of Seamanship' Award at the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race .

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lawrie Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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