Tommie Smith

Tommie Smith
	Smith in March 2009
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	June 6, 1944 (age 80); Clarksville, Texas, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
	American football career
No. 24
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lemoore (CA)
College:	San Jose State
NFL draft:	1967 / round: 9 / pick: 226
Career history
	Cincinnati Bengals (1969);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprints
College team	San Jose State Spartans
Club	Santa Clara Valley Youth Village
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 10.1 seconds, hand-timed (San Jose, 1966); 200 m: 19.83 (Mexico City, 1968); 400 m: 44.50 (San Jose, 1967);
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Universiade

Tommie 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. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tommie SMITH | Profile". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Tommie Smith Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ Tommie Smith and David Steele, Silent Gesture: the autobiography of Tommie Smith (2007). Temple University Press, p. 42.