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Jonielle Smith

Jonielle Smith

Jamaican sprinter

Jonielle Antonique Smith (born 30 January 1996) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.[3]

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Career

She won gold with team Jamaica in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 World Championships, and was also a 100 metres finalist.[4][5]

She attended and graduated from Auburn University, competing for the Auburn Tigers from 2015 to 2018.[6] She now trains at MVP International in Florida, an extension of the Jamaica-based MVP Track Club.[2][7] She is coached by Henry Rolle who originally recruited her to Auburn.

International competitions

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Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres – 11.04 (+0.6 m/s, Kingston, Jamaica 2019)
  • 200 metres – 23.22 (+1.9 m/s, Auburn, Alabama 2017)

Indoor

  • 60 metres – 7.15 (College Station, Texas 2018)

References

  1. [1]
    "SMITH Jonielle Antonique". El Heraldo (Colombia). Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. [2]
    Akino Ming (26 July 2018). "Smith's steady strides – Improving sprinter ready to make her mark as a pro". The Gleaner. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. [3]
    Jonielle Smith at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    Paul-Andre Walker (5 October 2019). "Jamaica's 4x100 relay women live up to favourite tag in Doha". SportsMax. Retrieved 21 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    Jon Mulkeen (5 October 2019). "Report: women's 4x100m – IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". IAAF. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Jonielle Smith". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. [7]
    Rachid Parchment (3 January 2020). "Smith training after car accident". Jamaica Star. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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