Pieter Smith’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African relay sprinter
Is Athlete
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

3 April 1987, Upington

Age 33 years

Pieter Smith (born April 3, 1987 in Upington) is a South African sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. He set his personal best time of 45.63 seconds by winning the 400 metres event at the 2009 South African Championships in Stellenbosch.
Smith competed for the men’s 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates L. J. van Zyl, Ofentse Mogawane, and Alwyn Myburgh. He ran on the starting leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 45.74 seconds. Smith and his team finished the relay in sixth place for a seasonal best time of 3:01.26, failing to advance into the final.
Smith is also a varsity member for the Nebraska Huskers Track & Field Team, and an economics graduate at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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