| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 3 | Pommel Horse | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 15.725 |
| Qualification | Floor Exercise | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 13.700 |
| Qualification | Horizontal Bar | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 14.175 |
| Qualification | Parallel Bars | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 13.425 |
| Qualification | Rings | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 13.325 |
| Qualification | Individual All-Around | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 85.325 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | Pommel Horse | 2010 | Rotterdam, NED | 15.733 |
| 3 | Pommel Horse | 2011 | Tokyo, JPN | 15.066 |
| 3 | Pommel Horse | 2007 | Stuttgart, GER | 15.600 |
| 7 | Team | 2010 | Rotterdam, NED | 261.103 |
| 8 | Pommel Horse | 2009 | London, GBR | 14.450 |
| Qualification | Individual All-Around | 2011 | Tokyo, JPN | 15.600 |
| Qualification | Team | 2011 | Tokyo, JPN | 348.742 |
| Qualification | Parallel Bars | 2010 | Rotterdam, NED | 14.266 |
| Qualification | Individual All-Around | 2010 | Rotterdam, NED | 29.566 |
| Qualification | Individual All-Around | 2009 | London, GBR | 15.900 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | Pommel Horse | 2011 | Paris, FRA | 15.700 |
| 1 | Pommel Horse | 2009/2010 | Glasgow, GBR | 15.550 |
| 1 | Pommel Horse | 2009/2010 | Glasgow, GBR | 15.750 |
| 2 | Pommel Horse | 2012 | Maribor, SLO | 15.625 |
| 2 | Pommel Horse | 2012 | Zibo, CHN | 15.600 |
| 2 | Pommel Horse | 2009/2010 | Ghent, BEL | 15.050 |
| 2 | Pommel Horse | 2007/2008 | Glasgow, GBR | 15.750 |
Nickname
Loopy Lou, Lou-bear. (independent.co.uk, 25 Mar 2007; NOC,31 Jul 2008)
Hobbies
Singing, PlayStation 3, fashion, watching movies, watching his country play in any sport. (louis-smith-official.com, 23 Dec 2011)
Occupation
Athlete
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
Huntingdon Gymnastics Club, Huntingdon, GBR
Coach
Paul Hall [national] (mailonsunday.co.uk, 31 Mar 2012)
Position and style
Pommel horse (news.bbc.co.uk, 20 Mar 2006)
Debut
2006 (Athlete, 12 Oct 2011)
Injuries
He said he has broken or fractured every one of his fingers. (mailonsunday.co.uk, 31 Mar 2012)
In March 2012 he fractured a finger in his right hand on the high bar, resulting in four weeks off. He said it was "only a little fracture" and while he missed April's World Cup in China he said it would not affect his Olympic chances. (dailymail.co.uk, 28 Mar 2012)
In 2010 he broke his thumb in the lead-up to the European Team Championships. (louis-smith-official.com, 23 Dec 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age four in Peterborough, England. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2011)
Reason for taking up this sport
His older brother started doing gymnastics and he followed suit. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2011)
Ambitions
To win gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and to start his own fashion brand after his career. (louis-smith-official.com, 23 Dec 2011)
Training
He trains twice a day at the Olympic Gym in Huntingdon. He averages about 32 training hours per week. (mailonsunday.co.uk, 31 Mar 2012)
Hero
Muhammad Ali. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2011)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Train hard, have fun." (NOC, 31 Jul 2008)
Awards
One of the recipients of the British Olympic Association's [BOA] Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy in 2007. (british-gymnastics.org, 29 Jan 2008)
General
HUNDRED YEAR WAIT
He became the first British gymnast since 1908 to win an individual Olympic medal when he won bronze on in the pommel horse at the 2008 Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 09 Jan 2012)
TV WORK
He has presented awards at both the Music of Black Origin [MOBO] Awards and Glamour Woman of the Year Awards and appeared on British television shows A Question of Sport, Ready Steady Cook, Sports Personality of the Year and Sport Relief. He also tried out for the singing competition show X Factor. (louis-smith-official.com, 23 Dec 2011; mailonsunday.co.uk, 31 Mar 2012)
SCHOLARSHIP
He received a scholarship to a choral school and his mother was unsure whether he should do that or gymnastics. (independent.co.uk, 25 Mar 2007)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
