Tommie Smith

Tommie Smith

1944-06-06

Biography

Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track & 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 legally. Description above from the Wikipedia Tommie Smith licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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