Keeth Smart
St. John's University | |||||||||||||||
Club | Manhattan Fencing Club[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Yury Gelman[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Keeth Thomas Smart
Early life and education
Smart was born in
, was his mentor.Smart graduated from
Fencing career
Smart's fencing coach was Yury Gelman.[1]
During college, Smart was the NCAA sabre champion in 1997 and 1999, and took second place in 2001.[10]
He was a member of the 1999 Pan American Games bronze medal team.
Smart competed in three
He placed 6th in the individual competition at the
His sister Erinn also earned a silver medal as part of the US women's saber team at the 2008 Olympics.[6][1]
In 2002 and 2004, Smart won the US national sabre championship. In 2003, he became the first American to be named the top-ranked fencer internationally.[1][2][13]
Personal life
Keeth married Shyra (Cooper) Smart on May 27, 2007. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[3] They live in Brooklyn, New York, with their two children. Keeth and his sister Erinn are actively involved in the Peter Westbrook Foundation in New York City.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Keeth Smart". USA Fencing.
- ^ a b Robinson, Joshua (July 23, 2008). "Sticking Together, Up to a Point". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Weddings/Celebrations; Shyra Cooper, Keeth Smart", The New York Times, 27 May 2007.
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Keeth Smart". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "Keeth Smart Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ a b c d e Olivesi, Marine. "'Three Musketeers' from Flatbush say goodbye to high-level fencing", The Columbia Journalist, 14 September 2008.
- ^ Curtis Bunn (February 5, 2020). "'Stay Close': PBS film spotlights race, adversity and a black man's rare success in the sport of fencing". NBC News.
- ^ a b Profile at US Fencing
- ^ Zabonick-Chonko, Rachel (March 30, 2022). "Keeth Smart: The Bottom Line". Club Solutions Magazine.
- ^ a b c d "Olympedia – Keeth Smart". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Vecsey, George (August 17, 2008). "Fencer and His Team Rise Above a Lot". The New York Times.
- ^ "Turnabout: US saber team wins twice by a point". USA Fencing. August 17, 2008.
- ^ Williams, Lena (March 28, 2003). "Fencing; Fencer from Brooklyn Earns Top World Ranking". The New York Times.