Trecia-Kaye Smith (born 5 November 1975 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.
Career In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 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 I Silver Anniversary Indoor Team and an "NCAA Division I Most Outstanding Student-Athlete".http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/050107aaa.html http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/031207aaa.html
Her personal best is 15.16 metres, and she almost equaled that result at the 2005 World Championships where she 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.Foster, Anthony (2009-06-28). Bolt 9.86 and Fraser 10.88; Walker and Phillips excel over hurdles - JAM Champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-28. 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".
Smith was inducted into the USTFCCCA Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame in 2024.
Achievements Representing 1990CARIFTA Games (U-17)Kingston, Jamaica3rdLong jump5.25 m1992CARIFTA Games (U-20)Nassau, Bahamas4thHigh jump1.60 m1994CARIFTA Games (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados4th400 m hurdles72.271stLong jump6.06 m4thJavelin31.22 mCentral American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1stLong jump6.40 m2ndHeptathlon4899 ptsWorld Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal11thLong jump6.12 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s)1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece31st (q)Triple jump13.34 m (-0.3 m/s)2001Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala 2ndLong jump6.68 m A 1stLong jump14.12 m AWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 8thTriple jump13.92 m (-1.3 m/s)2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom 3rdTriple jump14.32 m PBWorld CupMadrid, Spain 4thTriple jump13.82 m (0.4 m/s)2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 4thTriple jump14.71 m NROlympic GamesAthens, Greece 4thTriple jump15.02 m (0.5 m/s)World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 7thTriple jump14.53 m (-0.5 m/s)2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 1stTriple jump15.11 m (0.8 m/s) WLWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 4thTriple jump14.69 m (0.4 m/s)2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 4thTriple jump14.84 m NRCommonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia 1stTriple jump14.39 mWorld CupAthens, Greece 4thTriple jump14.64 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan24th (q)Triple jump13.47 m (-0.3 m/s)2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China11thTriple jump14.12 m (0.5 m/s)2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5thTriple jump14.48 m (-0.2 m/s)2010Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, India 1stTriple jump14.19 m SB2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom7thTriple jump14.35 m
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