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Connie Price-Smith

Posted in: Track & Field
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Jun 8, 2009 - 7:49:26 PM

GENERAL INFORMATION

Height: 6'3"

Weight: 215 lbs

PRs: Shot Put: 64' 3 3/4"
         Discus:212' 8";

Age: 37

Birth: June 3, 1962 in St. Charles, Missouri

Current Residence: Hilliard, Ohio.

High School: St. Charles High, St. Charles Missouri

College: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Massage School: Massage Therapy Clinic, Bloomington, Indiana. 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

International Teams: 3 Olympic Teams '88 '92 &'96 (highest finish 5 th place 1996); 4 Pan American Games Teams ('87 bronze discus, '91 silver shot put, '95 gold shot put, ’99 gold shot put); 6 Outdoor World Championship teams (highest finish 5th place 1997 shot put); 6 Indoor World Championship teams (highest finish silver medallist 1995 shot put); 4 World Cup Teams (highest finish 3rd place 1998 shot put); 2 World University Games Teams (highest finish 5th place 1987 discus); 3 GoodWill Games Teams (highest finish 2nd 1998 shot put); 7 IAAF Grand Prix Finals (highest finish 3th place 1999 shot put)

Career Hightlights: 3 Time Olympian (Seoul '88, Barcelona '92, and Atlanta '96); 18 Outdoor National Championship Titles (USAT&F National Meet record holder); 6 Indoor National Championship Titles; 4 Olympic Trials Championship Titles; Have made every U.S. International Team since 1987; World Rankings in the Shot Put: 6th place 1995, 5th place 1996, 6th place 1997, 3rd 1998, and 7th 1999; First women to be world ranked five consecutive years in the shot put in US history; The first American Women to win both the Shot Put and Discus at an Olympic Trials in 32 years, ('92); The first US Women to win a Medal in the Shot Put in a World championship competition in 35 years ('95); The highest finish at an Olympic Games by a US Women Shot Putter since 1960, (1996 Games); Ranked seventh all-time in the World for combination thrower, shot put and discus

Athletic Goal: To remain as America's top Women Shot Putter; To continue to be ranked in the World; and to make the 2000 summer Olympic Team.

Contact: 3693 Hilliard Station Rd.
                 Hilliard, OH. 43026
                (614) 850-6186
                Pricesmith@aol.com

 


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