Tyrone Smith (athlete)

Tyrone Smith
Personal information
Born (1984-08-07) August 7, 1984
Paget, Bermuda
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country  Bermuda
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long Jump
Updated on 26 December 2014.

Tyrone Smith (born 7 August 1984 in Paget Parish) is a professional Bermudian born long jumper.[1]

Tyrone grew up in the Chicago suburb of North Chicago where he attended NCCHS and Novak-King Middle School. At NCCHS he was a member of the Track and Field team as well as the Football team. Following High School he pursued a collegiate career in both sports at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR), now the Missouri University of Science and Technology, eventually deciding after his freshman year to concentrate in track and field. Tyrone Is a 3 time NCAA Division II All-American in the Long Jump. He holds the school records at both the indoor and outdoor long jump.[2] He won Bermuda's Athlete of the Year three times, 2011, 2012 and 2013.[3]

Tyrone is now represented by Octagon Sports Management.

He has competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games for Bermuda. Smith reached the finals of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Personal bests

His personal best jump is 8.22 metres, achieved July 26, 2010 on a gold medal winning performance in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico during the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. This is the Bermuda National Record

Event Result Venue Date
Outdoor
100 m 10.83 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) United States Rensselaer, Indiana 6 May 2006
200 m 22.18 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) United States Arlington, Texas 29 Mar 2008
Long jump 8.22 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) Puerto Rico Mayagüez 26 Jul 2010
Indoor
Long jump 7.82 m Estonia Tartu 9 Feb 2012

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes

Representing  Bermuda
2006 NACAC U23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd 7.90 m (wind: +0.7m/s)
2007 NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 7th 7.38 m
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14th (q) 7.32 m
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 18th (q) 7.38 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd 7.80 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 15th (q) 7.91 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 31st (q) 7.72 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 25th (q) 7.45 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 8.22 m NR
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 5th 7.76 m
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 8.06 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 19th (q) 7.91 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 10th (q) 7.80 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 12th 7.70 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 13th (q) 7.89 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 8th 7.79 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 11th 7.17 m A (wind: -1.5 m/s)
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 4th 8.07 m (w)
World Championships Beijing, China 10th 7.79 m

References

  1. ↑ Tyrone Smith - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved December 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Kean, John (21 May 2014), Tyrone Smith, two-time Olympian, inducted into GLVC Hall of Fame, Missouri S&T Miners, retrieved December 26, 2014
  3. ↑ "Tyrone Smith Biography". 24 August 2015. 8 August 2014.

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