Trecia-Kaye Smith

Trecia-Kaye Smith

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1975-11-05) 5 November 1975 Westmoreland, Jamaica
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Triple jump
Medal record Representing  Jamaica Women's Athletics World Championships 2005 Helsinki Triple jump Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Triple jump 2010 Delhi Triple jump 2002 Manchester Triple jump CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1994 Port of Spain Long jump 1994 Port of Spain Heptathlon CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1994 Bridgetown Long jump CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 1990 Kingston Long jump

Trecia-Kaye Smith (born 5 November 1975 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a Jamaican athlete competing mainly in triple jump.

Career

In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996–1999 and was a seven-time NCAA national champion (two outdoor and three indoor long jump titles and one outdoor and one indoor triple jump title), 15-time All-American, a 14-time Big East Conference champion, and a 15-time Eastern College Athletic Conference champion. Trecia was named to the NCAA Division 1 Silver Anniversary Indoor Team and a "NCAA Division 1 Most Outstanding Student-Athlete".^[1][2]

Her personal best is 15.16 metres, and she almost equalled that result at the 2005 World Championships where she, in the absence of Golden League winner Tatyana Lebedeva, won the gold medal with 15.11 metres.

Smith won triple jump at the 2009 Jamaican Championship with 14.43 m, qualifying for her fifth World Championships in Athletics.^[3] She retained her Commonwealth triple jump title at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and she was given the David Dixon Award for her performance. The decision was a surprise in many quarters as she had only one legal jump at the competition, a modest mark of 14.19 m which she herself acknowledged was "a terrible jump". Alicia Coutts, who emerged with five swimming gold medals, was among the athletes Smith was chosen ahead of.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1990	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Kingston, Jamaica	3rd	Long jump	5.25 m
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	High jump	1.60 m
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	4th	400 m hurdles	72.27
			1st	Long jump	6.06 m
			4th	Javelin	31.22 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Long jump	6.40 m
			2nd	Heptathlon	4899 pts
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	11th	Long jump	6.12 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s)
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	31st (q)	Triple jump	13.34 m   (-0.3 m/s)
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	Long jump	6.68 m A
			1st	Long jump	14.12 m A
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th	Triple jump	13.92 m   (-1.3 m/s)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	3rd	Triple jump	14.32 m PB
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	4th	Triple jump	13.82 m   (0.4 m/s)
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	Triple jump	14.71 m NR
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th	Triple jump	15.02 m   (0.5 m/s)
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	Triple jump	14.53 m   (-0.5 m/s)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	Triple jump	15.11 m   (0.8 m/s) WL
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th	Triple jump	14.69 m   (0.4 m/s)
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	Triple jump	14.84 m NR
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st	Triple jump	14.39 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	4th	Triple jump	14.64 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	24th (q)	Triple jump	13.47 m   (-0.3 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	11th	Triple jump	14.12 m   (0.5 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	Triple jump	14.48 m   (-0.2 m/s)
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	1st	Triple jump	14.19 m SB
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	Triple jump	14.35 m

External links

• Trecia-Kaye Smith profile at IAAF
• sports-reference
• Picture of Trecia Smith^[5]

References