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Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete and former 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.
US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, 55 years ago. But as the exclusive BBC...
Jun 27, 2024 · Tommie Smith is a former sprinter who made history at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where he won the 200-meter dash in world record time. Smith attracted international attention during the medal ceremony, when he and teammate Juan Carlos gave the Black Power salute during the medal ceremony.
Aug 6, 2021 · It’s a familiar image, even 53 years after the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, at which the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged one of the most iconic protests of the last...
Jun 11, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — The audience in Paris stood to applaud Tommie Smith, more than 50 years after he took a stand for civil rights. A second ovation was even longer, and the 80-year-old Olympic champion seemed overwhelmed with emotion.
Oct 13, 2021 · Tommie Smith says he is seeing a "rebirth" of his iconic protest against racial injustice at the 1968 Olympics because change is still needed today.
Jul 21, 2021 · When the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the medal stand at the Mexico City Games to protest the oppression of Black Americans, they gave voice to...
Aug 9, 2016 · As the strains of the Star-Spangled Banner wafted over the winds of Mexico City, sprinter Tommie Smith, a 24-year old athlete from Lemoore, California, stood in his red-white-and-blue tracksuit.
Sep 3, 2016 · For 48 years, Tommie Smith has talked about the night he stood on the podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics, fist thrust skyward. He had won the 200-meter sprint at the Mexico City Games, while...
Tommie Smith, of Clarksville, Texas, received a scholarship to run track and field at San Jose State University where he won the NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1966 and the 220-yard title in 1967. He set 13 world records throughout his career, and held 11 simultaneously.
