Tommie Smith
#9,687
Most Influential Person
American track and field athlete
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Engineering
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World Rank
#7091
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#1179
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Architecture
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World Rank
#1633
Historical Rank
#261
USA Rank
Why Is Tommie Smith Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Tommie C. Smith is an American former track and field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium to protest racism and injustice against African Americans in the United States caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement.
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