Ronetta Smith

Ronetta Smith

Personal information
Born	(1980-05-02) 2 May 1980 Kingston, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Jamaica Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4x400 m relay World Championships 2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U17) 1996 San Salvador 4x400 m relay 1996 San Salvador 400 m CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1997 Bridgetown 400m

Ronetta Jamilah Smith (born 2 May 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter.

Career

Smith competed for the LSU Lady Tigers track and field team in the NCAA.

A 400m runner with a personal best of 51.23 (set in May 2005), Smith has never reached an international final in an individual race. However, she was a part of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay teams that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. She ran for the relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but only in the qualifying heat. Before the final heat she was replaced by Novlene Williams, with whom Jamaica eventually won the bronze medal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	400 m	56.13
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:45.51
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	7th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.58
1997	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	400 m	55.78
			4th	400 m hurdles	64.72
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	– (qf)	400 metres	DQ
			2nd (h)	4 x 400 metres relay	3:31.99
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19th (h)	400 metres	53.66
			2nd	4 x 400 metres relay	3:31.23
	World Championships	Paris, France	6th (sf)	400 metres	51.39
			3rd	4 x 400 metres relay	3:22.92
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (h)	400 metres	53.39
			5th	4 x 400 metres relay	3:33.77
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	4 x 400 metres relay	3:24.92 (h) SB
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th (h)	400 metres	52.26
			2nd	4 x 400 metres relay	3:23.29 SB
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th (h)	400 metres	53.57
			5th (h)	4 x 400 metres relay	3:30.03
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	16th (sf)	400 metres	53.11
			4th	4 x 400 metres relay	3:34.91
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	4 x 400 metres relay	3:30.16
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	4 x 400 metres relay	3:28.74

External links

• Ronetta Smith at World Athletics
• Ronetta Smith at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• Ronetta Smith at Olympics.com
• Ronetta Smith at Olympedia
• Ronetta Smith at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Ronetta Smith at InterSportStats
• Picture of Ronetta Smith