Maurice Smith (decathlete)

Maurice Smith

Smith in 2007 Osaka
Personal information
Full name	Maurice Leon Hugh Smith
Born	September 28, 1980 Spanish Town, St. Catherine
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Competitor for  Jamaica Men’s athletics World Championships 2007 Osaka Decathlon Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Decathlon 2011 Guadalajara Decathlon CAC Games 2010 Mayagüez Decathlon Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Decathlon CAC Athletics Championships 2001 Guatemala City Decathlon CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1999 Fort-de-France Heptathlon
Updated on 3 July 2013.

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]

Personal bests

• Decathlon: 8644 pts – Osaka, 1 September 2007

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1998	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	4th	Javelin throw	53.46 m
1999	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	8th	Shot put	12.45 m
			5th	Discus throw	42.57 m
			6th	Javelin throw	53.54 m
			1st	Heptathlon	5623 pts
	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, Florida, United States	3rd	Decathlon	6996 pts
2000	NACAC U-25 Championships	Monterrey, Mexico	1st	Decathlon	7090 pts
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	Decathlon	7755 pts
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	14th	Decathlon	8023 pts
2005	NACAC Combined Events Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	Decathlon	8232 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	Decathlon	DNF
	Décastar	Talence, France	14th	Decathlon	7336 pts
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	Decathlon	8074 pts
	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	3rd	Decathlon	8269 pts
2007	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	8th	Decathlon	8241 pts
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Decathlon	8278 pts
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	Decathlon	8644 pts
2008	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	5th	Decathlon	8332 pts
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	9th	Decathlon	8205 pts
2009	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	–	Decathlon	DNF
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	–	Decathlon	DNF
2010	CAC Games	Mayagüez, Puertorico	1st	Decathlon	8109 pts
2011	NACAC Combined Events Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	Decathlon	8078 pts
	World Championships	Daegu, Korea	–	Decathlon	DNF
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	Decathlon	8214 pts

References

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

External links

• Maurice Smith profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography
• Tilastopaja biography