Tate Aaron Smith (born 19 November 1981) is an Australian
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the late 2000s. At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
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, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-4 1000 m event.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, he was part of the Australian K-4 team that won the gold medal.
In July 2014 Smith tested positive for the banned substance Stanozolol, receiving a two-year ban.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1981 births
Australian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Australia
Olympic gold medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Doping cases in canoeing
Doping cases in Australian canoeing
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
21st-century Australian people
Sportspeople from Sydney
Sportsmen from New South Wales
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