Denise Jacqueline Smith is a former British wheelchair athlete. A Paralympian and longtime wheelchair athlete, Smith won the inaugural London Marathon wheelchair race in a time of 4:29:03. She competed in ice sledge speed racing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and won three silver medals in the 100, 300, and 500 metre grade I events. Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours for service to sport for the disabled. References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British female wheelchair racers Paralympic ice sledge speed racers of Great Britain Ice sledge speed racers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic wheelchair racers Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Members of the Order of the British Empire The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year winners Paralympic medalists in ice sledge speed racing 20th-century British women 21st-century British women