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Bookmark or Share- About Tommie SmithAt 6'3" and 185 pounds, Tommie Smith had the ideal build for a long sprinter, with trademark-accelerations down the stretch that made him one of the most versatile sprinters in history.
- Tommie Smith - WikipediaTommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) [3] is an American former track and field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially.
- Tommie Smith, Track Sprinter, and Activist bornHe was a Black track & field athlete, wide receiver in the American Football League, and community activist. Tommie C. Smith was born in Clarksville, Texas, the seventh of twelve children born to Richard and Dora Smith. He suffered from pneumonia as a child but still became an athlete.
- In History: How Tommie Smith and John Carlos's protest at the ... - BBCUS athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics – but the protest came at a huge personal cost.
- Tommie Smith (1944- ) - BlackpastTommie Smith is best known as a world-class sprinter and for protesting (along with John Carlos) U.S. racism and human oppression on the winner’s podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Smith was born in Clarksville, Texas, and raised in Lemoore, California.
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