Connie Price-Smith

Coach Connie Price-Smith ofUniversity of Mississippi
Personal information
Born	Constance Marie Price (1962-06-03)June 3, 1962 (age 63) St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.
Education	Southern Illinois University[1]
Height	6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm)[2]
Weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Spouse	John Smith[3] ​ ​ (m. 1990)​
Sport
Sport	Athletics (track and field)
Event(s)	Shot put,Discus throw
College team	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	Shot Put: 64 ft 3 in (19.58 m)[4] Discus: 212 ft 8 in (64.82 m)

Connie Price-Smith (bornConstance Marie Price, June 3, 1962) is an Americanshot putter anddiscus thrower. Price-Smith is also a four-timeOlympian.^[5] She graduated fromSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1985.^[4]

Price-Smith was also named to the2012 Olympic track & field team coach staff in London. On July 21, 2015, she started her tenure as the head coach at theUniversity of Mississippi. She was named women's head coach for theUnited States team at the2016 Summer Olympics, again in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2016, she was elected into theNational Track and Field Hall of Fame.^[6]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	Discus
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	NM^	Discus
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	16th (q)	Discus
			18th (q)	Shot put
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th	Shot put
	IAAF World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	7th	Discus
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	7th	Shot put
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	11th	Shot put
	Pan American Games	Havana,Cuba	2nd	Shot put
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	20th (q)	Discus
	IAAF World Cup	Havana,Cuba	4th	Shot put
			7th	Discus
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	9th	Shot put
1994	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	8th	Discus
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	Shot put
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th	Shot put
	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata,Argentina	1st	Shot put
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	5th	Shot put
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	6th	Shot put
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th	Shot put
1998	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	Shot put
	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	2nd	Shot put
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	4th	Shot put
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	11th	Shot put
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	Shot put
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	16th (q)	Shot put
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	10th	Shot put

• ^ Reached the 1987 World Championship Final at discus but failed to register a distance.
• Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

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• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
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