country retired birth_place birth_date article_title name turnedpro
new zealand 1996 christchurch , new zealand 25 december 1961 tony smith -lrb- speed skater -rrb-
 tony lee smith 1982
tony smith -lrb- speed skater -rrb-

tony lee smith -lrb- born 25 dec 1961 in christchurch -rrb- is a short track speed skater from new zealand .
he competed in short track speed skating at a national level from 1982 until he retired from competitive skating in 1996 aged 34 year old .
during this time he broke or held numerous open or national record in individual or relay skating events .
he competed for new zealand in two olympic winter games .
at the 1992 winter olympics in albertville , france ; the team he was in came 4th in the 5000 m short-track relay narrowly missing the bronze medal by just 0.7 sec .
at the 1994 winter olympics in lillehammer , norway ; the team he was in placed 8th in the 5000 m short-track relay , after being disqualified in the b final .
at the lillehammer games he carried the new zealand flag at the opening ceremony .
he was a new zealand representative in short track speed skating at three world championship events .
1991 world championships in sydney where the team he was in came 2nd .
1991 world teams championships in korea -lrb- 6th -rrb- and the 1993 world championships in china where the team he was in placed 1st in the 5000 m relay in a world record time .
he also represented canterbury in track cycling at the 1984 and 1985 national championships competing in the sprint and kilo time trial .
