Kimberley Smith (born 19 November 1981) is a New Zealand
middle-distance and
long-distance runner who retired in 2016.
[Three-Time Olympian Kim Smith Announces Retirement]
'' FloTrack'', Taylor Dutch, 22 February 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
Life
She is a 2005 graduate of
Providence College
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(previously at Auckland's
King's College. She first started running with Papakura Harriers. Smith won the 2004
NCAA Women's Individual Cross Country Championship. She won three
NCAA
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individual titles in indoor track (5,000 metres and 3,000 metres) and outdoor track (5,000 metres) during the 2003–04 season. Her four NCAA individual championships are the most by any runner in Providence College history. In 2004, she won the
Honda Sports Award
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as the nation's best female collegiate track and field athlete, then in 2005 won the
Honda Sports Award
The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in t ...
as the nation's best female collegiate cross country runner.
She set a national record in the marathon with a run at the
2010 London Marathon—she finished eighth in the women's race and recorded a time of 2:25:21. Her result was upgraded to sixth after Russian athletes
Liliya Shobukhova and
Inga Abitova were removed from the results for
doping. She ran the fastest half marathon by a woman on United States soil when she won the 2011
Rock 'n’ Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon in 1:07:36. Smith was leading the women's field of the
2011 Boston Marathon by 50 seconds at the halfway point, but injured her leg at mile 15 and was forced to drop from the race with roughly seven miles remaining.
She ran at the inaugural
B.A.A. 10K in June and came second behind the Boston Marathon winner
Caroline Kilel. Smith established herself as the seventh-fastest runner ever at the
Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon, where she improved upon
Meseret Defar's course record with a time of 1:07:11. She entered the
2011 New York City Marathon two months later and finished in fifth place with a time of 2:25:46. She finished 6th in
Yokohama Marathon on 18 November 2012 in 2:27
At the 2012
New York City Half Marathon she was leading alongside
Firehiwot Dado before finally finishing second behind the Ethiopian. She ran a course record at the Boston 10K, beating reigning champion Kilel with a run of 31:36 minutes. She placed fifteenth in the
2012 Olympic marathon in London and won the
Boston Half Marathon to claim the BAA Distance Medley jackpot of $100,000. In September 2012 she married fellow runner Patrick Tarpy. They have two children.
[
Smith was runner-up to Olympic marathon champion Tiki Gelana at the 2013 Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon.
In 2016, her last year of professional running, she finished third at the Stanford Invitational 5K in 15:32.][
Smith was contracted by New Balance and still holds many New Zealand national records. She also holds the Oceanian records for the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres. Currently, she resides in ]Providence, Rhode Island
Providence () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Rhode Island, most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, Rhode Island, Providence County, it is o ...
.
Achievements
Personal bests
Outdoor
Indoor
NR ''indicates a New Zealand national record''
References
External links
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* Athletics New Zealand profile fo
Kimberley Smith
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1981 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States
New Zealand female long-distance runners
New Zealand female marathon runners
New Zealand female middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes for New Zealand
People educated at King's College, Auckland
People from Papakura
Providence College alumni
Athletes from Auckland
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for New Zealand
Providence Friars women's track and field athletes
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
21st-century New Zealand sportswomen