LaMont Smith

{{Short description|American athlete}}

{{distinguish|text=the basketball coach Lamont Smith (basketball)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = LaMont Smith

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|11}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| country = {{USA}}

| sport = Track

| pb = 400 m: 44.30 (Atlanta 1996){{cite web | title=U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS | date=June 20, 1996 | url=https://www.courant.com/1996/06/20/us-olympic-trials/ | work=courant.com }}

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

| event = Sprints

| collegeteam = Houston Cougars

| club = Santa Monica Track Club

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 4x400 m relay }}

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LaMont Smith (born December 11, 1972) is a former 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.

Raised in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, Smith is a graduate of Willingboro High School, the same school as Carl Lewis, who also won a gold medal at the same Olympics. While at Willingboro, Smith won nine state championships.Green, Joe. [http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/679d55b8-ac25-5510-9f61-0bd46ce5d721.html "Olympic gold medalist from Willingboro launches foundation to help students"], Burlington County Times, April 23, 2015. Accessed March 19, 2018. "LaMont Smith had come a long way from Willingboro High, where he’d won nine state track championships. But among the thousands of voices he heard that day during the 1996 Summer Olympics, he could still make out that of his high school coach.... 'I’m proud to be from Willingboro ... and I just want to do my part,' Smith said." He attended Blinn College, where he was a 4 time NJCAA national champion before transferring to the University of Houston.{{Cite web|title=LaMont Smith TF|url=http://www.njsportsheroes.com/lamontsmithtf.html|access-date=2021-10-11|website=www.njsportsheroes.com}} A decade younger than Lewis, Smith joined Lewis on the Santa Monica Track Club. Lamont became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity in 1996.