Maurice Smith (decathlete)

Maurice Smith

Smith in 2007 Osaka
Personal information
Full name	Maurice Leon Hugh Smith
Born	(1980-09-28) 28 September 1980 (age 44) Spanish Town, St. Catherine
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Representing  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.^{[citation needed]}

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]