About Pieter Smith
Born 1987. Pieter Smith is a South African athletics competitor.
Pieter Smith (born April 3, 1987) 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 was a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers track and field team, and an economics graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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Who is Pieter Smith?
South African athlete
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Pieter Smith was born on 3 April 1987 in Upington.
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Pieter Smith is an athletics competitor.
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Pieter Smith is South African.
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