Rodney Smith (wrestler)

Rodney Smith
Personal information
Full name Rodney Stacey Smith
Born April 13, 1966 (1966-04-13) (age 52)
Washington, D.C.
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Lightweight

Rodney Stacey Smith (born April 13, 1966) is an American wrestler. He was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. Smith graduated from Western New England University and enlisted in the United States Army in 1988. He participated in the World Class Athlete Program. [1] He won the bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] Smith is now working at HCSS (Hampden Charter School of Science) in Chicopee.

References

  1. ↑ "Wrestler Rodney Smith's journey to Olympic medal began at Springfield vocational high school". masslive.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rodney Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2012.


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