Geoffrey "Geoff" John Smith (born 6 March 1945) is a former

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athlete who competed in the

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. A schoolteacher at

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, in January 1970 he broke the British, Commonwealth and Australian records when he won the New South Wales decathlon.Smith's lead in decathlon
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'' 1 January 1970. Retrieved 28 June 2013 He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the

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Geoffrey 'Geoff' Smith
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