SMELLIE Gavin

Date of Birth: 26 Jun 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KINGSTON

Birth Country:

Jamaica

Place of residence : TORONTO, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m
	Men's 4 x 100m Relay CAN Canada	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2012	London, GBR	7th (DQ)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	-	Heats (37.91)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (10.29)	-	6th (38.59)
2013	Moscow, RUS	SF (10.30)	-	3rd (37.92)
2011	Daegu, KOR	-	-	Heats (39.28)
2009	Berlin, GER	-	QF (21.27)	-

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m	4 x 200m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (38.76)	-
2017	Nassau, BAH	-	1st (1:19.42)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2019	Lima, PER	SF (10.43)	4th (39.00)

NACAC Championships

Year	Location	100m
2018	Toronto, ON, CAN	5th (10.21)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m
2018	1 x 14th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
14	2018	100m	Birmingham, GBR	10.33

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2018	100m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	10.23
6	2019	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	10.23

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

G Money (olympic.ca, 15 Apr 2018)

Reading, watching television, spending time with family and friends, collecting coffee mugs. (olympic.ca, 15 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Business - Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA

Wife Sandy, two daughters

Languages spoken:

A groin injury ruled him out of the 4x100m relay final at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (olympic.ca, 15 Apr 2018)

He suffered a hamstring strain while running in the 4x100m relay heats at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Republic of Korea. (olympic.ca, 15 Apr 2018)

He began running at Dante Aligheri Academy in Etobicoke, ON, Canada. (vaughantoday.ca, 23 Aug 2011)

He broke a tooth during a high school soccer game and was unhappy with how the school handled the situation. He then changed schools but was unable to play soccer due to a transfer rule so he tried other sports, including athletics, instead. He won the 200m in his first race meet. "Compared to soccer, track is boring. But, because I was so fascinated with how I did at that track meet, it gave me so much joy. I thought I should train for it." (thestar.com, 19 Jun 2015)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (olympic.ca, 15 Apr 2018)

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson. (vaughantoday.ca, 23 Aug 2011)

Philosophy:

"Go hard or go home." (olympic.ca, 15 Apr 2018)

He was named the Sun Belt Conference Most Outstanding Performer in 2008 and 2009. (vaughantoday.ca, 23 Aug 2011)

General Interest

General
LONDON 2012 HEARTBREAK
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London he was part of the Canadian 4x100m relay team that initially finished third. However, one of his teammates was later found to have stepped out of his lane during the race and the team was disqualified. "Every time I hear 'Olympic Games', that [disqualification] rings a bell first. I felt so devastated, like everything is just lost in my life. Just a nightmare. You just felt like there's no way anything could make you happy or actually motivate you to do another one or feel that way again. But the family, the friends, the coaches, not to mention Canada, was there to support us and they definitely helped to bring me back, motivate me and keep me staying hungry." (CBC News YouTube channel, 04 Feb 2016)

FROM JAMAICA TO CANADA
At age 14 he moved from St. Andrews, Jamaica, to Etibicoke, ON, Canada. (vaughantoday.ca, 23 Aug 2011)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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