Mike Smith (athlete)

Mike Smith (actually Michael Cameron Smith, born September 16, 1967 in Kenora, Ontario ) is a Canadian decathlete.

Although Smith in his career 25 ten fights denied with a score of 8000 or more, he never achieved a great victory. He was always in the shadow of Dan O'Brien, arguably the best decathlete of the 1990s. He achieved his greatest success at the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo, where he won the World Championship behind O'Brien and before the German Christian Schenk with a capacity of 8549 points.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ​​he was Canada's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. The Olympic competition, he was forced to retire through injury after the first day of competition. In 1995 he was at the World Championships in Gothenburg again bronze medalist.

Personal best

  • Decathlon: 8626 Points, established on 26 May 1996 Götzis, Canadian record (as of 2006)
  • 100 m: 10.70 sec
  • Long Jump: 7.76 m
  • Shot Put: 18,03 m
  • High Jump: 2.14m
  • 400 m: 47.05 sec
  • 110m hurdles: 14.24 sec
  • Discus throw: 52,90 m
  • Pole Vault: 5.20m
  • Javelin: 71.22 m
  • 1,500 m: 4:20:04 min
  • Heptathlon: 6279 points

A decathlon score from the sum of personal records would 9362 points. Only Dan O'Brien achieved a higher score with his individual performances.

1991 World Championships in Athletics 1995 World Championships in Athletics
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