Career
His central vision is affected by Stargardt"s disease. He competes in the T12 Paralympic classification, and also in elite non-Paralympic competition. As of July 2014, Smyth holds T13 World records in the 100m and 200m events.
He was selected to represent Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Smyth made history as the first Paralympian to compete at an open European championships, qualifying for the semi-finals of the 100 metres. Smyth ran 10.43 seconds, finishing 4th in his heat.
He just missed out on the final by finishing 4th in semi-finals in a time of 10.47 seconds. Smyth hoped to compete in both the Paralympics and the Olympics in 2012.
Although he ran 10.22 for the 100m in May 2011, this was 0.04s short of the A time needed to secure a place in the Olympic games.
This final was also marked as the fastest Paralympic 100 metres in history.