# Oluseyi Smith

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| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1987|2|21}}
| birth_place= [Ife](/source/Ife), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
| height=1.90 m
| weight=95 kg
| country= {{CAN}}
| sport =Athletics/Bobsleigh
| event=[4 × 100m relay](/source/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)/[Four-man bobsleigh](/source/Bobsleigh_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics_-_Four-man)
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'''Oluseyi Smith''' or '''Seyi Smith''' (born February 21, 1987) is a Nigerian-born [Canadian](/source/Canadians) sprinter and bobsledder.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/Ottawa+sprinter+faces+prospect+with+Olympics/6918608/story.html|title=Ottawa sprinter faces 'do or die' prospect with Olympics berth|last=Cleary|first=Martin|date=July 11, 2012|publisher=[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)|accessdate=14 August 2012}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/smith-oluseyi-1076230/ London 2012 profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813112806/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/smith-oluseyi-1076230/ |date=2001-08-13 }}</ref> He took part in the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) in the [4 × 100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) with teammates [Jared Connaughton](/source/Jared_Connaughton), [Gavin Smellie](/source/Gavin_Smellie) and [Justyn Warner](/source/Justyn_Warner).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200223163057/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=oluseyi+smith+ Sports Reference profile]</ref> In the final, the Canadian relay team arrived in third place and initially believed they had won bronze but they were disqualified when officials judged that Connaughton had stepped on the lane line just before passing the baton.<ref name=DQ>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/london2012/athletics/article/1240849--london-2012-canada-disqualified-in-men-s-4x100-relay|title=London 2012: Canada disqualified in men's 4x100 relay|last=Smith|first=Doug|date=August 11, 2012 |publisher=[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)|accessdate=14 August 2012}}</ref> The relay team from [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) were awarded the bronze.<ref name=DQ/> Six years later, he took part in the [2018 Winter Olympics](/source/2018_Winter_Olympics) in the [four-man bobsleigh competition](/source/Bobsleigh_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics_-_Four-man) with teammates [Justin Kripps](/source/Justin_Kripps), [Jesse Lumsden](/source/Jesse_Lumsden) and [Alexander Kopacz](/source/Alexander_Kopacz). The Canadian team finished in 6th place, with a total of 3:16:69.

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==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Oluseyi Smith}}

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Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian men sprinters
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Nigerian descent
Category:People from Ifẹ
Category:Sportspeople from Osun State
Category:Nigerian emigrants to Canada
Category:Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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