Global InformationGavin Smellie information
 Smellie at the 2019 ISTAF in Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gavin Ramon Smellie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 26, 1986 Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Maple, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 4 × 100m relay | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gavin Ramon Smellie (born June 26, 1986) is a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.[2][3]
Born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Smellie moved to Etobicoke in Canada at the age of 14.[4] Smellie is a graduate of Western Kentucky University which he attended on an athletic scholarship.[2] He represented the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in collegiate track and field competitions.[5] He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m relay with teammates Jared Connaughton, Oluseyi Smith and Justyn Warner.[6] In the final, the Canadian relay team arrived in third place and initially believed they had won bronze but they were disqualified when officials judged that Connaughton had stepped on the lane line just before passing the baton.[7] The relay team from Trinidad and Tobago were awarded the bronze.[7] Smellie was selected to represent Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2021, he competed in the Men's 100 metres of the 2020 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.[8]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9]
- ^ a b "Gavin Smellie". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Juzenas, Frank (July 13, 2012). "Smellie named to Olympic relay team". Inside Halton. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ "Gavin Smellie". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on May 2, 2013.
- ^ "Gavin Smellie". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ "Former Hilltopper Gavin Smellie To Represent Canada In 2012 Olympics". Western Kentucky University. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gavin Smellie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012.
- ^ a b Smith, Doug (August 11, 2012). "London 2012: Canada disqualified in men's 4x100 relay". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (July 31, 2021). "Canadian sprinter De Grasse cruises into 100 semifinal with season's best time". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics SMELLIE Gavin - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.