Jonovan Smith
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| Nationality | Puerto Rican | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 19, 2001 New Jersey, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonovan Smith (born 19 February 2001) is a Puerto Rican freestyle wrestler who competes in the 125 kg category.[1]
Career
[edit]Jonovan Smith represented Puerto Rico at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 14th in the men's freestyle 125 kg event. Smith placed 16th at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.[2]
Smith won a silver medal at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Acapulco and another silver at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador. He also claimed a bronze medal at the 2024 Pan American U23 Wrestling Championships in Rionegro.[3] Smith finished fifth at the 2023 Pan American Games.
He wrestled for Birmingham Community Charter High School in California[4] and Cerritos College in Norwalk, California.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete profile – Jonovan Darius Smith". UWW.org. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Athletes-Results". UWW.org. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Smith, Jonovan Darius". Unitedwrestling.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Profile – Jonovan Smith". NCSAsports.org. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Roster – Jonovan Smith". Cerritosfalcons.com. Retrieved 17 August 2023.