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}} Ronald "Ronnie" Ray Smith (March 28, 1949 – March 31, 2013) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He attended San Jose State College during the "Speed City" era, coached by Lloyd (Bud) Winter and graduating in sociology.〔 At the 1968 AAU Championships, Ronnie Ray Smith equaled the 100 m world record in the semifinal, repeating the same time of 9.9 which was run by Jim Hines in the same race and Charles Greene in the other semifinal of the same competition.〔(IAAF Record Progression ). IAAF. p. 547〕 That evening of June 20, 1968 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California has been dubbed by track and field historians as the "Night of Speed." Since Smith was still 19 years old at the time, that mark also became the World Junior Record, which lasted for exactly 8 years. At the Mexico Olympics, Smith ran the third leg in the American 4×100 m relay team that won the gold medal and set a new world record of 38.24 seconds.〔(Ronnie Ray Smith ). sports-reference.com〕 Before arriving at San Jose State, Smith ran at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, finishing third in the 220 yard dash at the CIF California State Meet in 1966.〔(California State Meet Results – 1915 to present ). Prepcaltrack.com. Retrieved on July 12, 2015.〕 After retiring from competitions Smith worked as the Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Department. He was inducted into the San Jose State Sports Hall of Fame.〔 Smith died in a hospice facility in Los Angeles, California, on March 31, 2013. He was 64. His funeral was featured on the TLC reality T.V. show Best Funeral Ever. His casket "ran" a 100yd race and was propped up to receive a gold medal in a mock Olympics.〔(Videos ). TLC (May 9, 2014). Retrieved on 2015-07-12.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronnie Ray Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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