Colin Douglas-Smith

Colin Douglas-Smith (11 July 1918 – 20 October 2009) was an Australian rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Colin Douglas-Smith

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1918-07-11)11 July 1918 Geelong, Australia
Died	20 October 2009(2009-10-20) (aged 91) Fremantle, Western Australia
Sport
Sport	Rowing

Educated at Geelong Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he was a member of Trinity College, he studied Zoology and then Medicine, with his studies interrupted by the Second World War. He served in submarines in the Royal Navy before returning to Australia to complete his medical qualifications. Moving to Western Australia in 1956 after specialized studies in the UK, he became one of Perth's leading obstetricians.^[2]