she reached the quarter-finals of the 400 metres. Her last major championships was the 1997 World Indoors in Paris, where she reached the 400m semi-finals and finished sixth in the 4 × 400 m final in a new UK record. Earlier in the 1997 indoor season, she had broken the UK indoor record for 400 metres with 51.69 in Birmingham, to improve Sally Gunnell's three-year-old mark of 51.72. Smith's record would last for four years until Katharine Merry ran 50.53 in 2001. As of 2015, Smith's 50.40 best, ranks her 6th on the UK all-time list over 400 metres. National titles AAA Championships 400 m: 1993, 1996 UK Athletics Championships 200 m: 1989, 1992 400 m: 1993 AAA Indoor Championships 400 m: 1997 International competitions External links 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands English female sprinters British female sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games