Maurice Smith (born 28 September 1980 in

St. Catherine, Jamaica Saint Catherine () is a parish in the south east of Jamaica. It is located in the county of Middlesex, and is one of the island's largest and most economically valued parishes because of its many resources. It includes the first capital of Jam ...

) is a

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

from

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

. He competed for Auburn University. He represented his native country at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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, finishing in 14th place. He broke the Pan American Games decathlon record in 2007, winning his first international gold medal. He won the silver medal in the decathlon at the 2007 World Championships. Smith is the current national record holder in the men's decathlon, with 8644 points. Smith beat World Champion

Roman Šebrle Roman Šebrle (; born 26 November 1974) is a retired decathlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he later switched to the combined events and is a former wo ...

and

Dmitriy Karpov Dmitriy Vasilyevich Karpov (Дмитрий Васильевич Карпов; born 23 July 1981 in Karaganda) is a Kazakhstani athlete who competes in decathlon and heptathlon (the latter during the winter season). He won the bronze medal in the ...

at the TNT-Fortuna Combined Events meeting in

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, Czech Republic with 8157 points, setting him up well for the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenbu ...

.Juck, Alfons (2009-06-25)
Smith overcomes weather and Šebrle; Dobrynska dominates in Kladno

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. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.

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Tilastopaja biography
1980 births Jamaican decathletes Living people Athletes from Saint Catherine Parish Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Auburn University alumni Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics Long stubs with short prose {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub