Geoff Smith (decathlete) explained

Geoffrey "Geoff" John Smith (born 6 March 1945) is a former Australian track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon.

A schoolteacher at Picnic Point High School in New South Wales,^[1] in January 1970 he broke the British, Commonwealth and Australian records when he won the New South Wales decathlon.^[2] He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

External links

• Geoffrey 'Geoff' Smith at Australian Athletics Historical Results

Notes and References

1. News: Webster. Jim. Decathlon record falls. 28 June 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 March 1968.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U6pWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=--cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4543,8108345&dq=geoff+smith+decathlon&hl=en Smith's lead in decathlon