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| Born | (1972-12-11)December 11, 1972 (age 52) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Houston Cougars | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Monica Track Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personalbest | 400 m: 44.30 (Atlanta 1996)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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LaMont Smith (born December 11, 1972) is a former1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in themen's 4 × 400 meter relay for theUnited States.
Raised inWillingboro Township, New Jersey, Smith is a graduate ofWillingboro High School, the same school asCarl Lewis, who also won a gold medal at the same Olympics. While at Willingboro, Smith won nine state championships.[2] He attendedBlinn College, where he was a 4 timeNJCAA national champion before transferring to theUniversity of Houston.[3] A decade younger than Lewis, Smith joined Lewis on theSanta Monica Track Club. Lamont became a member ofPhi Beta Sigma fraternity in 1996.
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