Tyrone Smith (athlete)

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Tyrone Smith
Tyrone Smith 2012 Olympics.jpg
Smith at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameTyrone Mark Eugene Smith
Born (1984-08-07) 7 August 1984 (age 39)
Paget, Bermuda
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
SportAthletics
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]

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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 Kallas 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.

Smith competed for Bermuda at the 2016 Summer Olympics in long jump, but did not qualify for the finals. [4] He was the flag bearer for Bermuda during the Parade of Nations. [5]

Personal bests

His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, achieved 5 May 2017 on a gold medal winning performance in Houston, Texas, USA. This is the Bermuda National Record.

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
100 m10.83 s(wind: +2.0 m/s) Flag of the United States.svg Rensselaer, Indiana 6 May 2006
200 m22.18 s(wind: 0.0 m/s) Flag of the United States.svg Arlington, Texas 29 Mar 2008
Long jump8.34 m(wind: +2.0 m/s) Flag of the United States.svg Houston, Texas 5 May 2017
Indoor
Long jump7.82 m Flag of Estonia.svg Tartu 9 Feb 2012

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
2006 NACAC U23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd 7.90 m (+0.7 m/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(-1.5 m/s)
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 4th 8.07 m (w)
World Championships Beijing, China 10th 7.79 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16th (q) 7.81 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 13th (q) 7.88 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 11th 7.75 m
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 10th 7.79 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 2nd 8.03 m
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 4th 7.98 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 5th 7.74 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 25th (q) 7.49 m

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References

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  2. Kean, John (21 May 2014), Tyrone Smith, two-time Olympian, inducted into GLVC Hall of Fame, Missouri S&T Miners , retrieved 26 December 2014
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  4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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