Leigh Smith

Leigh Smith

Leigh Smith (born August 28, 1981) is a American athlete who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in javelin throw. Although he finished 5th at the U.S. Olympic Trials, he was one of only two Americans to meet the Olympic A standard and so was chosen for the U.S. team. [cite web | title=Hazle and Leigh Smith make the US team in javelin | work=Associated Press | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=3475764 | date=July 6, 2008] He threw a personal best 83.74 m (274.7 feet) at Athens, Georgia on May 9, 2008 [cite web| title=Smith, Leigh, USA | url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=usa/athcode=200844/index.html | work=International Association of Athletics Federations]

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