It was the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona that first made Smith aware of international competition.

She had already met Ray Fields so on her return in 1994 she joined Sportsable which was a sports disability club in Maidenhead.

[3] She concentrated on her archery skills and by 1996 she was considered an elite sportswoman[2] and a contestant at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.

She joined Anita Chapman and Rebecca Gale to gain a bronze medal for Great Britain in the women’s archery team open.

[5] They took the Hungarian archer Tamas Gaspar under their wing as he aimed to get to the 2020 Summer Paralympics.