Robert Carlisle Smith (April 11, 1929 – August 2, 2001) was a Canadian

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who competed in the late 1950s. At the

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, he was eliminated in the heats both of the K-1 1000 m and the K-2 1000 m events.

References

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Robert Smith's profile at Sports Reference.com
1929 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Canada 2001 deaths {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub