For similarly named British politician, see Karin Smyth.American javelin thrower

Karin Kiefer Smith (born August 4, 1955, in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States. She was born in Germany. She is a three-time Olympian. Smith qualified for a fourth, the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.

College

While at Cal Poly, she won the Broderick Award, (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field compe*or in 1982.

International compe*ions

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Karin Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

Honda Cup

• 1976: Harris
• 1978: Meyers
• 1979: Lieberman
• 1980: Shea
• 1981: Sterkel
• 1982: Caulkins
• 1983: De. Collins
• 1984: Caulkins & C. Miller
• 1985: Joyner
• 1986: Ethridge
• 1987: Meagher
• 1988: Weatherspoon
• 1989: Huber
• 1990: Favor
• 1991: Staley
• 1992: Marlowe
• 1993: L. Fernandez
• 1994: Hamm
• 1995: Lobo
• 1996: Rizzotti
• 1997: Daws
• 1998: Holdsclaw
• 1999: May
• 2000: Teuscher
• 2001: Stiles
• 2002: A. Williams
• 2003: Watley
• 2004: Kirk
• 2005: Nnamani
• 2006: Sinclair
• 2007: Pavan
• 2008: Parker
• 2009: Kupets
• 2010: Hodge & Moore
• 2011: Moore
• 2012: Griner
• 2013: Ricketts
• 2014: Jacob
• 2015: Franklin
• 2016: B. Stewart
• 2017: Ledecky
• 2018: Manuel
• 2019: Garcia
• 2020: No award
• 2021: Garcia

Inspiration

• 1988: Roethlisberger
• 1989: Jacobs
• 1990: Robertson
• 1991: T. Nichols
• 1992: Stepp
• 1993: Mead
• 1994: H. Scott
• 1995: A. Johnson
• 1996: Carson
• 1998: H. Anderson
• 1999: J. Jones
• 2000: Olson
• 2001: Berner
• 2002: Koetsier
• 2003: McPherson
• 2004: Gunn
• 2005: Kroon
• 2006: Payne
• 2007: Kohut
• 2008: Knight
• 2009: Hester
• 2010: Cobb
• 2011: Breland
• 2012: Delle Donne
• 2013: Mingo
• 2014: Gilliland
• 2015: McGee-Stafford
• 2016: Fogle
• 2017: N. Stafford
• 2018: Cunningham
• 2019: Fessler
• 2020: No award
• 2021: O'Neal

Div II

• 1988: Brinton
• 1989: Cobbs
• 1990: Hardy
• 1991: Saunders
• 1992: Hand
• 1993: C. Allen
• 1994: Metro
• 1995: Coetzee
• 1996: Clarkson
• 1997: Morlock
• 1998: Penner
• 1999: Almazan
• 2000: Even
• 2001: Martin
• 2002: N. Duncan
• 2003: Gregg
• 2004: Gomez
• 2005: Lewallen
• 2006: Erb
• 2007: Hanavan
• 2008: Braegelmann
• 2009: Erb
• 2010: McNamara
• 2011: Macy
• 2012: Daugherty
• 2013: Daugherty
• 2014: Battista
• 2015: Dickinson
• 2016: Oren
• 2017: Muscaro
• 2018: Kurgat
• 2019: Reiss
• 2020: No award

Div III

• 1988: Beachy
• 1989: Prineas
• 1990: Grierson
• 1991: Gilbert
• 1992: K. Oden
• 1993: Carter
• 1994: Ainsworth
• 1995: Albers
• 1996: Swan
• 1997: Ta. Johnson
• 1998: Speckman
• 1999: Schade
• 2000: Fischer
• 2001: Rogers
• 2002: Bergofsky
• 2003: Hysell
• 2004: M. Gordon
• 2005: Buttry
• 2006: Silva
• 2007: Bondi
• 2008: Zerzan
• 2009: Huston
• 2010: Borner
• 2011: Stern
• 2012: Hagensen
• 2013: Fournier
• 2014: Cazzolla
• 2015: Fournier
• 2016: Moss
• 2017: Crist
• 2018: Chong
• 2019: Temple
• 2020: No award