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Calvin Smith
Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961) is a former sprint athlete from the United States of America.
Calvin ran under the shadow of the great Carl Lewis for most of his athletics career but still achieved 2 individual World Championship gold medals and in 1983 broke the 100 metre World Record at Colorado Springs, Colorado on July 3 with a time of 9.93 seconds.
1983 also saw Calvin became the first athlete to run under 10 seconds (9.97) for the 100 metres and under 20 seconds (19.99) for the 200m in the same evening in Zurich, Switzerland.
Achievements
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1983
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1983 World Championships in Athletics - Helsinki, Finland
- 100m silver medal
- 200m gold medal
- 4 x 100m relay gold medal (set world record 37.86 seconds)
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1983 World Championships in Athletics - Helsinki, Finland
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1984
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1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, USA
- 4 x 100m relay gold medal (set world record 37.83)
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1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, USA
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1987
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1987 World Championships in Athletics - Rome, Italy
- 200m gold medal
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1987 World Championships in Athletics - Rome, Italy
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1988
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1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul - South Korea
- 100m bronze medal (after disqualification of Ben Johnson)
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1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul - South Korea
- 1992
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