Geoff Smith (runner), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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athlete
Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1953
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Profession: marathon runner
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Geoff Smith (runner)
- Geoffrey ("Geoff") Smith (born 24 October 1953) is a British long-distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in both 1984 and 1985.
- He was born in Liverpool.
- He represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics twice, in the 10,000 m in 1980 and in the marathon in 1984. Smith's best time in the marathon was 2:09:08, when he finished second to Rod Dixon in the New York City Marathon in 1983, his first attempt at the marathon distance.
- Smith only lost by nine seconds.
- He won the 1984 Boston Marathon by over four minutes.
- He was the last person to win the Boston Marathon before the race organizers began giving out prize money to the winners.He ran a sub-four-minute mile in 1982, recording 3:55 minutes in Wales.
- In 1982 he won the world class Bermuda 10K on a very hilly course in a record time of 28:14, although many world class runners have attempted this race over the years since, none have been any closer than 54 seconds behind this record. Smith worked as a firefighter for ten years in the United Kingdom, joining the profession straight out of high school.
- He later went back to study, enrolling at Providence College in Rhode Island at the age of 26 in 1980.
- He remained in the United States and began working as a middle school teacher and lives in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts as of 2004.
- He ceased running the Boston Marathon after 1990 and stopped running completely in the early 1990s, having suffered hip problems since birth.
- He has had both hips replaced and has started running again in June 2013.
- He coaches local runners South of Boston.
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