Karin Smith

For similarly named British politician, see Karin Smyth.

Karin Kiefer Smith (born August 4, 1955 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States. She was born in Germany. She is a three time Olympian.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1976	Olympic Games	Montréal, Canada	8th	57.50 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	59.76 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	8th	62.06 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	20th	57.94 m
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	3rd	58.94 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	13th	60.34 m

References

sports-reference

US National Championship winners in women's javelin throw

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Roberta Ranck 1924: Esther Spargo 1925: Aloa Silva 1926: Lillian Copeland 1927–8: Margaret Jenkins 1929: Estelle Hill 1930: Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1931: Lillian Copeland 1932: Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1933: Nan Gindele 1934: Not held 1935: Sylvia Broman 1936: Martha Worst 1937–8: Rose Auerbach 1939–49: Dorothy Dodson 1950: Amelia Bert 1951: Frances Licata 1952: Marjorie Larney 1953: Amelia Wershoven 1954–6: Karen Anderson 1957–60: Marjorie Larney 1961: Frances Davenport 1962: Karen Mendyka 1963: Frances Davenport 1964–7: RaNae Bair 1968: Barbara Friedrich 1969: Kate Schmidt 1970–2: Sherry Calvert 1973–7: Kate Schmidt 1978: Sherry Calvert 1979: Kate Schmidt

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–1: Karin Smith 1982: Lynda Hughes 1983–4: Karin Smith 1985: Cathy Sulinski 1986: Helena Uusitalo (FIN) 1987: Karin Smith 1988: Donna Mayhew 1989: Laverne Eve (BAH) 1990–1: Karin Smith 1992: Donna Mayhew

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993–5: Donna Mayhew 1996: Nicole Carroll 1997: Lynda Lipson 1998: Nicole Carroll 1999–2000: Linda Bluetrich 2001: Kim Kreiner 2002: Serene Ross 2003: Erica Wheeler 2004–6: Kim Kreiner 2007: Dana Pounds 2008–11: Kara Patterson 2012–3: Brittany Borman 2014–5: Kara Winger

Olympic Trials	The 1920, 1928 and 1932 championships, and championships in Olympic years since 1992 have incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held separately.

1984 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin

Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Edward Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley, Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding

Women's track & road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki

Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Suffin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker

Coaches	—

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