# Ronetta Smith
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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1980)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), Jamaica
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{{MedalSport|Women's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics)| [4x400 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalSilver |[2005 Helsinki](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze |[2003 Paris](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[CAC Junior Championships](/source/Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) (U17)}}
{{MedalGold |[1996 San Salvador](/source/1996_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) | 4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[1996 San Salvador](/source/1996_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) | 400 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[CARIFTA Games](/source/CARIFTA_Games)
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{{MedalBronze |[1997 Bridgetown](/source/1997_CARIFTA_Games) | 400m}}
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'''Ronetta Jamilah Smith''' (born 2 May 1980) is a [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)n [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)).
==Career==
Smith competed for the [LSU Lady Tigers track and field](/source/LSU_Lady_Tigers_track_and_field) team in the [NCAA](/source/NCAA).[{{cite web|url=https://lsusports.net/news/2019/07/11/160463-2/|title= Smith Named Track & Field Athlete of the Week |website=[lsusports.net](/source/lsusports.net)}}]
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](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics) and the silver medal at the [2005 World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics). She ran for the relay team at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay), but only in the qualifying heat. Before the final heat she was replaced by [Novlene Williams](/source/Novlene_Williams), with whom Jamaica eventually won the bronze medal.
== Achievements ==
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
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|rowspan = "3"|1996
|rowspan = "2"|[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)](/source/1996_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|rowspan = "2"|[San Salvador](/source/San_Salvador), [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador)
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|400 m
|56.13
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay
|3:45.51
|-
|[World Junior Championships](/source/1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia
|7th (h)[Disqualified in the final.]
|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay
|[3:40.58](/source/1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1997
|rowspan = "2"|[CARIFTA Games (U-20)](/source/1997_CARIFTA_Games)
|rowspan = "2"|[Bridgetown](/source/Bridgetown), [Barbados](/source/Barbados)
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|400 m
|55.78
|-
|4th
|400 m hurdles
|64.72
|-
|rowspan = "2"|2002
|rowspan = "2"|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)
|rowspan = "2"|[Manchester](/source/Manchester), England
|– (qf)
|400 metres
|[DQ](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
|-
|2nd (h)
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:31.99](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan = "4"|2003
|rowspan = "2"|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|rowspan = "2"|[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), United Kingdom
|19th (h)
|400 metres
|[53.66](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:31.23](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|rowspan = "2"|[Paris](/source/Paris), France
|6th (sf)
|400 metres
|[51.39](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
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|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:22.92](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan = "3"|2004
|rowspan = "2"|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|rowspan = "2"|[Budapest](/source/Budapest), Hungary
|13th (h)
|400 metres
|[53.39](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
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|5th
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:33.77](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)
|[Athens](/source/Athens), Greece
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:24.92](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) (h) '''SB'''
|-
|rowspan = "2"|2005
|rowspan = "2"|[World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|rowspan = "2"|[Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), Finland
|5th (h)
|400 metres
|[52.26](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
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|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:23.29](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) '''SB'''
|-
|rowspan = "4"|2006
|rowspan = "2"|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|rowspan = "2"|[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia
|15th (h)
|400 metres
|[53.57](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
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|5th (h)
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:30.03](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)
|rowspan = "2"|[Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), [Australia](/source/Australia)
|16th (sf)
|400 metres
|[53.11](/source/Athletics_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres)
|-
|4th
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:34.91](/source/Athletics_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[NACAC Championships](/source/2007_NACAC_Championships)
|[San Salvador, El Salvador](/source/San_Salvador%2C_El_Salvador)
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:30.16](/source/2007_NACAC_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2007_Pan_American_Games)
|[Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil
|4th
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[3:28.74](/source/Athletics_at_the_2007_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_400_metres_relay)
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://rapidas.webcindario.com/duas/qwe-ronettasmith.jpg Picture of Ronetta Smith]
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Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica
Category:Jamaican women sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
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