- Maurice Smith (athlete)
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Medal record 
Smith in 2007 OsakaCompetitor for 
JamaicaMen’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
- ^ Juck, Alfons (2009-06-25). Smith overcomes weather and Šebrle; Dobrynska dominates in Kladno. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
External links
- IAAF profile for Maurice Smith
Pan American champions in men's decathlon 1951: Hernán Figueroa (CHI) • 1955: Rafer Johnson (USA) • 1959: Dave Edstrom (USA) • 1963: John David Martin (USA) • 1967: Bill Toomey (USA) • 1971: Rick Wanamaker (USA) • 1975: Bruce Jenner (USA) • 1979: Bobby Coffman (USA) • 1983: Dave Steen (CAN) • 1987: Mike Gonzales (USA) • 1991: Pedro da Silva (BRA) • 1995: Kip Janvrin (USA) • 1999: Chris Huffins (USA) • 2003: Stephen Moore (USA) • 2007: Maurice Smith (JAM) • 2011: Leonel Suárez (CUB)
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)
Categories:- 1980 births
- Jamaican decathletes
- Living people
- Auburn Tigers track and field athletes
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs
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