{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 2002)}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ackelia Smith | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | sport = Track and field | event = Long jump, triple jump | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|2|5|df=yes}} |collegeteam = Texas Longhorns | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = |pb = {{Unbulleted list |'''Long jump''': 7.08 m (Norman, 2023) |'''Triple jump''': 14.54 m (Austin, 2023)}} |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }} {{Medal|Competition|Carifta Games <br> (U18)}} {{Medal|Gold |2018 Nassau | Long jump}} {{Medal|Gold |2018 Nassau | Triple jump}} }}
'''Ackelia Smith''' (born 5 February 2002) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes internationally in both the long jump and the triple jump.
==Career== In June 2022, Smith won the Jamaican national championship in long jump with a jump of 6.56 metres and finished runner-up in the triple jump with a distance of 13.93 metres. Prior to that, in the same month representing the University of Texas she had reached the finals of the NCAA championships in both events finishing eighth in the long jump (6.34 m) and fourth in the triple jump (13.79 m). Selected for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the triple jump, Smith scored a big personal best of 14.36 metres to qualify for the final on her senior major championship debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/ackelia-smith-super-happy-after-big-pb-womens-triple-jump|title=Ackelia Smith 'super happy' after big PB in women's triple jump |website=Jamaica.loopnews.com|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> In the final Smith jumped 13.90 metres to finish in 12th place. Smith was selected for the long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England and qualified for the final with a jump of 6.35 metres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220805/cg2022-jamaicas-only-competitor-moves-womens-long-jump-final|title=CG2022 Jamaica's only competitor moves into women's long jump final |website=Jamaica Gleaner|date=5 August 2022 }}</ref>
Smith was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in both the triple jump and the long jump.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-budapest-2023-7138987/news/news/jamaican-team-budapest-23|website=World Athletics|accessdate=1 March 2024|title=Defending champions Fraser-Pryce and Jackson lead Jamaican team for WCH Budapest 23|date=3 August 2023}}</ref> She did not qualify for the final in the triple jump. In the women's long jump, she finished eleventh in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4543/women-s-long-jump-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=22 August 2023|title= Women's Long Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
She won both the long jump and the triple jump at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mulkeen |first=John |date=June 8, 2024 |title=Pryce, Long and Jones impress in sprints at NCAA Championships |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/ncaa-championships-2024-pryce-long-jones-valby |accessdate=8 June 2024 |website=World Athletics}}</ref> That month, she won the Jamaican national championships long jump title in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240627/jaaa-trials-ackelia-smith-heads-paris-olympics-national-long-jump-champion|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=28 June 2024|title= Ackelia Smith heads to Paris Olympics as national long jump champion|date=27 June 2024}}</ref> In July 2024, she was officially selected in the long jump and the triple jump for the Jamaican team to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/149220-jaaa-announces-star-studded-team-for-2024-paris-olympic-games|website=Sportsmax.tv|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> She finished seventh overall in the triple jump event and eighth overall in the long jump event at the 2024 Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5850/women-s-long-jump-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Women's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=8 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5827/women-s-triple-jump-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=3 August 2024}}</ref>
She won the long jump and finished runner-up in the triple jump at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamaican Championships|date=29 June 2025|website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 June 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7226886?eventId=10229528&gender=W }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jamaican Championships|date=29 June 2025|website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 June 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7226886?eventId=10229529&gender=W }}</ref> She placed sixth in the long jump at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6792/results-eugene-diamond-league-pre-classic-2025 |website=Watch Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 July 2025|title= Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025 |date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, qualifying for the final and placing eighth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229529 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=24 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/30/danielle-thomas-dodd-opts-world-champs-team/ |title=JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 August 2025|date=30 August 2025}}</ref> She also competed at the women's long jump at the championships without qualifying for the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229528 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{TFRRS}} * [https://texassports.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/ackelia--smith/10935 Texas Longhorns bio] * {{Olympics.com|ackelia-smith}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20241204060045/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ackelia-smith_1893240 Ackelia Smith] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)
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