Maurice Smith (athlete)

Medal record

Smith in 2007 Osaka
Competitor for  Jamaica
Men’s athletics
World Championships
Silver 2007 Osaka Decathlon
Pan American Games
Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Decathlon
Silver 2011 Guadalajara Decathlon
CAC Games
Gold 2010 Mayagüez Decathlon
Commonwealth Games
Silver 2006 Melbourne Decathlon
CAC Athletics Championships
Gold 2001 Guatemala City Decathlon

Maurice Smith (born 28 September 1980 in St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a decathlete from Jamaica. He competed for Auburn University. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in 14th place. He broke the Pan American Games decathlon record in 2007, winning his first international gold medal. He won the silver medal in the decathlon at the 2007 World Championships. Smith is the current national record holder in the men's decathlon, with 8644 points.

Smith beat World Champion Roman Šebrle and Dmitriy Karpov at the TNT-Fortuna Combined Events meeting in Kladno, Czech Republic with 8157 points, setting him up well for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[1]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Details
2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st Decathlon
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 14th Decathlon
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland DNF Decathlon
Décastar Talence, France 14th Decathlon
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 2nd Decathlon
Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 3rd Decathlon
2007 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 8th Decathlon
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Decathlon
World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd Decathlon
2008 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 5th Decathlon
2009 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria DNF Decathlon
2010 CAC Games Mayagüez, Puertorico 1st Decathlon
2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd Decathlon

References

  1. ^ Juck, Alfons (2009-06-25). Smith overcomes weather and Šebrle; Dobrynska dominates in Kladno. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.

External links
  • 1930 – 1966: Pentathlon
  • 1970 – 2006: Decathlon
  • 1930: Alberto Fernández (CUB)
  • 1935: Felipe Orellana (GUA)
  • 1938: Salvador Torrós (PUR)
  • 1946: Néstor Marchany (PUR)
  • 1950: Amador Terán (MEX)
  • 1954: Brígido Iriarte (VEN)
  • 1958: Rodolfo Mijares (MEX)
  • 1962: Héctor Thomas (VEN)
  • 1966: Jorge García (PUR)
  • 1970 – 1974: Jesús Mirabal (CUB)
  • 1978: Rigoberto Salazar (CUB)
  • 1982: Liston Boschette (PUR)
  • 1986: Ernesto Betancourt (CUB)
  • 1990: Miguel Valle (CUB)
  • 1993: Eugenio Balanqué (CUB)
  • 1998: Raúl Duany (CUB)
  • 2002: Not held
  • 2006: Alexis Chivás (CUB)
  • 2010: Maurice Smith (JAM)