He followed this up with a second consecutive silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2016 Rio Olympics, this time finishing behind teammate, and 2012 bronze medalist, Max Whitlock.
Smith is a member of the Huntingdon Gymnastics Club, training alongside teammate Daniel Keatings under coach Paul Hall.
[7] He has since described his childhood, saying that "My mum took me to a variety of sports but from a young age it was gymnastics that captured my attention and which I really wanted to progress in.
He won gold on the pommel horse for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, beating Prashanth Sellathurai.
[12] In 2012, Smith won the silver medal in the pommel horse finals in the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
[15] This was especially crushing to the home nation as this could have been Great Britain's first ever Olympic gold medal in gymnastics but Smith said, "I set out to do the best routine of my life and I achieved it so I have to be satisfied".
[9] Smith retired in 2013 and did not compete that year, but announced in early January 2014 that he was back in the gym training in a bid to return to international competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
[16] Smith won bronze in the pommel horse finals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games behind his British teammates Daniel Keatings, who was competing for Scotland and Max Whitlock.
In an attempt to revive his interest in singing, Smith auditioned unsuccessfully for the British television music competition The X Factor in 2008.
[19] In 2018, he appeared at the London Palladium in the show Rip it Up the 60s, alongside Harry Judd, Jay McGuiness and Aston Merrygold.
[21] Smith took part in the 2012 series of the British television show Strictly Come Dancing; his professional partner was Flavia Cacace.
In 2016, Smith issued an apology and visited Fazl Mosque in London, after a video leaked of him mocking the salah.
[25] Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to gymnastics.