What is Tommie Smith?
[[File:Tommie Smith-modified (cropped).jpg|thumb|210px|Smith in 2007]] '''Tommie C. Smith''' (born June 6, 1944) is an [[Americans|American]] former [[track and field]] athlete. He won the gold medal in the 200 [[meter]] [[sprint]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico City]]. As well as winning the gold medal, he was known for performing a famous [[1968 Olympics Black Power salute|Black Power salute]] with fellow American [[John Carlos]] on the medal podium. Smith did this as a [[protest]] against [[racism]] towards [[African-American]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2018/oct/17/black-power-salute-50-years-on-how-much-has-changed-video-explainer|title=Black Power salute: 50 years on how much has changed? – video explainer|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 17, 2018|first1=Nikhita|last=Chulani|access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> Smith and Carlos were also [[wikt:support|supported]] by [[Australia]]n silver medalist [[Peter Norman]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/finally-the-real-story-about-peter-norman-and-the-black-power-salute-20181018-p50abm.html|title=Finally, the real story about Peter Norman and the black power salute|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=October 20, 2018|first1=Andrew|last=Webster|access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> Smith was born in [[Clarksville, Texas|Clarksville]], [[Texas]]. His [[autobiography]], ''Silent Gesture'', was [[published]] in 2007. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.tommiesmith.com/}} * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/tommie-smith-1.html Tommie Smith] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/tommie-smith-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }} at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Tommie}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:African-American track and field athletes]] [[Category:American autobiographers]] [[Category:Olympic gold medali