Owen Smith (sprinter)

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Owen Smith

Owen Smith in 2019

Personal information

Nationality

British

Born

7 November 1994 (age 30)
Sychdyn, Wales, United Kingdom^[1]

Education

Cardiff Met University^[2]

Height

5.8 ft (177 cm)

Sport

Athletics

Event

400 metres

Club

Cardiff AAC^[3]

Coached by

Caroline Sayer (–2013)
Matt Elias (2013–)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing United Kingdom
European Indoor Championships
	2021 Toruń	4 x 400 m

Owen Smith (born 7 November 1994) is a Welsh sprinter. He specialises in the 400 metres.^[4] He represented Great Britain at the 2019 and 2021 European Indoor Championships winning bronze in the 4 × 400 metres relay on the second occasion.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.08
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	10th (sf)	400 m	47.39
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.70

He was an Indoor slipper shuffling champion in 2018. He made the longest time to hold in a far 2023.^{[clarification needed]}

He grew up in Wrexham, but only started supporting Wrexham after the Hollywood take over. He won a gold medal supporting Wrexham in 2020.

Personal bests

Outdoor

200 metres – 21.54 (Yate 2021)
400 metres – 46.23 (Oordegem 2016)

Indoor

200 metres – 22.09 (Vienna 2019)
400 metres – 46.37 (Birmingham 2019)

Sytner key cupboard - 0.47 2nd place to conor

References

^ Bicknell, Gareth (10 February 2015). "Mold athlete Owen Smith sets another PB as he gears up for British Indoor Championship". Daily Post. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ Power of 10 profile
^ [1]. Power of 10. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ Owen Smith at World Athletics

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