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Canadian decathlete (born 1967)
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Michael Smith .
Mike Smith
Smith running the 400 metres, 1997
Full name Michael Cameron Smith Born (1967-09-16 ) September 16, 1967 (age 56 ) Kenora, Ontario , CanadaHeight 195 cm (6 ft 5 in ) Weight 98 kg (216 lb ) Sport Track Event Decathlon Personal best(s ) Decathlon Gotzis , 1996
Michael Cameron "Mike" Smith (born September 16, 1967) is a Canadian decathlete from Kenora , Ontario .
Biography [ edit ]
He attended Pinecrest Elementary School, Lakewood Intermediate School, Beaver Brae Secondary School in Kenora, Ontario, and then Central Technical School in Toronto for his final year of high school.
Smith attended the University of Toronto Commerce program during his athletic career. He was coached by Andy Higgins while living in Toronto, Ontario and then by Les Gramantik when he moved to live and train in Calgary, Alberta in 1994.
Smith won a silver medal at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in 1986. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul , he placed 14th. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games Smith won a gold medal. In 1991, he was the silver medal winner at the World Track and Field Championships , and was the first North American to win the Götzis International Decathlon, which he won again in 1996.
In 1992 at Barcelona, Spain , Smith was the opening ceremonies flag bearer for Canada at the Olympics . Unfortunately during the decathlon Smith pulled a hamstring and was forced to withdraw on the first day of the two-day competition. In 1994, he won gold at the Commonwealth Games for the second time.
Smith was ranked in the top 10 in the world for 10 years in a row from 1989 to 1998 with his highest rankings being #2 in the world in 1991 and #3 in the world in 1995.
Michael Smith
Personal Best Performances
Smith held the Canadian Record in the decathlon with a total of 8626 points set in Gotzis Austria in 1996. Smith's record was broken by Damian Warner , with a total of 8659 points, at the 2015 Pan American Games .
The sum of Smith's overall personal bests in the individual disciplines of decathlon totals 9,362 points (the third best ever after Ashton Eaton & Dan O'Brien ).[1]
Day 1: 100 meters - 10.70 seconds, Long Jump - 7.76 meters, Shot Put - 18.03 meters, High Jump - 2.14 meters, 400 meters - 47.06 seconds110 meter hurdles - 14.24 seconds, Discus Throw - 52.90 meters, Pole Vault - 5.20 meters, Javelin Throw - 71.22 meters, 1500 meters - 4:20,04
Total: 9362 points
Smith still holds the world's best performance for the 3 combined throwing events in decathlon (shot put, discus, javelin).
World Ranking
Decathlete
Nation
Points
Shot Put
Discus
Javelin
Venue
Date
1 Michael Smith
CAN
2748
16.94m
52.90m
71.22m
Götzis
26.05.96
2 Bryan Clay
USA
2734
16.25m
53.68m
72.00m
Helsinki
10.08.05
3 William Motti
FRA
2595
16.96m
52.46m
68.20m
Emmitsburg
29.09.91
Smith retired from the sport of decathlon in 1999 and went on to a career in financial services and wealth management . He also works for CBC Television Sports and CTV Television as a color commentator for track and field events; in this capacity, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Sports Analyst at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards as a commentator for CBC Television 's coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics .[2]
Michael Smith
Achievements [ edit ]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Canada
1986
World Junior Championships
Athens , Greece
13th (h )
4 × 400 m relay
3:11.26
2nd
Decathlon
7523 pts
Commonwealth Games
Edinburgh , United Kingdom
7th
Decathlon
7363 pts
1987
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
6th
Decathlon
8126 pts
World Championships
Rome, Italy
—
Decathlon
DNF
1988
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
12th
Decathlon
8039 pts
Summer Olympics
Seoul , South Korea
14th
Decathlon
8083 pts
1989
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
4th
Decathlon
8121 pts
Jeux de la Francophonie
Casablanca, Morocco
1st
Decathlon
8160 pts
1990
Commonwealth Games
Auckland , New Zealand
1st
Decathlon
8525 pts
1991
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
1st
Decathlon
8427 pts
World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
2nd
Decathlon
8549 pts
1992
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
3rd
Decathlon
8409 pts
Summer Olympics
Barcelona, Spain
—
Decathlon
DNF
1993
World Indoor Championships
Toronto , Canada
2nd
Heptathlon
6279 pts
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
3rd
Decathlon
8362 pts
World Championships
Stuttgart , Germany
—
Decathlon
DNF
1994
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
4th
Decathlon
8191 pts
Commonwealth Games
Victoria , Canada
1st
Decathlon
8326 pts
1995
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
—
Decathlon
DNF
World Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
3rd
Decathlon
8419 pts
1996
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
1st
Decathlon
8626 pts (NR )
Summer Olympics
Atlanta, Georgia , United States
13th
Decathlon
8271 pts
1997
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
3rd
Decathlon
8555 pts
1998
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
7th
Decathlon
8228 pts
Commonwealth Games
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd
Decathlon
8143 pts
World Combined Events Challenge
several places
8th
Decathlon
24,543 pts
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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