Scottish curler
David Smith
is a
Scottish
curler
. He is the brother of curler
Peter Smith
and the father of curlers
Mili Smith
,
Kyle Smith
and
Cameron Smith
.
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Career
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In his very first international competition, the 1982
European Curling Championships
, Smith won a gold medal playing second for
Mike Hay
. Hay and Smith were still juniors at the time and they won three straight bronze medals at the
World Junior Curling Championships
in
1983
,
1984
and
1985
. In the meantime, they won a bronze medal at the
European Championships in 1983
.
By 1986, Smith was skipping his own team. He won a silver medal at his second
World Curling Championships
that year. His Scottish team lost to Canada, skipped by
Ed Lukowich
in the final 4-3. Two years later, he skipped the British team to an eighth-place finish at the
1988 Winter Olympics
(curling was just a demonstration sport). That same year he won a bronze at the World Championships. Still in the same year, he won a second gold medal at the European Curling Championships.
In 1990 he won another silver medal at the World Championships, losing to Canada's
Ed Werenich
in the final 3-1. The following year he won the gold medal, defeating Canada's
Kevin Martin
in the final 7-2. Later that year he won a silver at the
1991 European Curling Championships
followed by a bronze in 1992. In 1993 he won his third silver medal at the World Championships, losing again to Canada 8-4, this time skipped by
Russ Howard
.
In 1996, Smith joined forces with
Warwick Smith
, playing as his third. That year he won another silver medal losing once again to Canada ? 6-2.
Jeff Stoughton
was the winning skip. In 1998, David Smith played his last Worlds as a skip, finishing in fourth place. Later that year he played third for
Gordon Muirhead
winning a silver medal at the European Championships.
Smith would not play at another international tournament until the
2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
, playing second for
Warwick
. It would be David Smith's worst performance at an international tournament, when they finished in 9th place.
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Year: (nation's flag) champion
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