Demarius Smith
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| Born | 25 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 44.45 s (Eugene, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Demarius Smith (born 25 December 1998) is an American sprinter who predominantly competes over 400 metres.[1]
Early life
[edit]He attended Parkview High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia.[2]
Career
[edit]He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile in the Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, with the team initially finishing third, but race winners Dominican Republic were later disqualified.[3]
He was named in the United States squad for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas.[4] In June 2024, he was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.[5]
He ran a personal best 45.19 seconds for the 400 metres competing in Marseille, France on 13 July 2025 to finish ahead of Randolph Ross.[6][7] That month, he also competed in Europe over 200 metres.[8] He lowered his personal best for the 400 metres again on 1 August 2025, running 44.45 seconds to reach the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, before placing seventh in the final in 45.55 seconds.[9][10] He was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the relay pool.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Demarius Smith". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Parkview grad Demarius Smith morphs from underdog to US Olympic hopeful". Gwinett Daily Post. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Pan American Games". World Athletics. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD ANNOUNCES FULL TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS 24". usatf.org. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "U.S. Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "HBCU Olympian Returns to Elite Form in First Race Back". The Olympian. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Meeting International de Marseille". World Athletics. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Sprinter Smith victorious at international meet in Switzerland". Radiojamaicanewsonline. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Demarius Smith HUGE PB To Qualify for Finals at US Champs". Flotrack. Aug 2, 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
