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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1980)}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]| [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]]|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]]|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U17)}}
{{MedalGold |[[1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1996 San Salvador]] | 4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1996 San Salvador]] | 400 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CARIFTA Games]] <br> Junior (U20)}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1997 CARIFTA Games|1997 Bridgetown]] | 400m}}
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'''Ronetta Jamilah Smith''' (born 2 May 1980) is a [[Jamaica]]n [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]].

==Career==

A 400m runner with a personal best of 51.23 (set in May 2005), Smith has never reached an international final in an individual race. However, she was a part of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay teams that won the bronze medal at the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 World Championships]] and the silver medal at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]]. She ran for the relay team at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2004 Summer Olympics]], but only in the qualifying heat. Before the final heat she was replaced by [[Novlene Williams]], with whom Jamaica eventually won the bronze medal.

== Achievements ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
|-
|rowspan = "3"|1996
|rowspan = "2"|[[1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Female Junior B .28under 17.29|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|400 m
|56.13
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay
|3:45.51
|-
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|7th (h)<ref>Disqualified in the final.</ref>
|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:40.58]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1997
|rowspan = "2"|[[1997 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 .28Junior.29|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|400 m
|55.78
|-
|4th
|400 m hurdles
|64.72
|-
|rowspan = "2"|2002
|rowspan = "2"|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Manchester]], England
|– (qf)
|400 metres
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres|DQ]]
|-
|2nd (h)
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:31.99]] 
|-
|rowspan = "4"|2003
|rowspan = "2"|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|19th (h)
|400 metres
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|53.66]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:31.23]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Paris]], France
|6th (sf)
|400 metres
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|51.39]]
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:22.92]]
|-
|rowspan = "3"|2004
|rowspan = "2"|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|13th (h)
|400 metres
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|53.39]]
|-
|5th
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:33.77]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:24.92]] (h) '''SB'''
|-
|rowspan = "2"|2005
|rowspan = "2"|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|5th (h)
|400 metres
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|52.26]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:23.29]] '''SB'''
|-
|rowspan = "4"|2006
|rowspan = "2"|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Moscow]], Russia
|15th (h)
|400 metres
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|53.57]]
|-
|5th (h)
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:30.03]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
|16th (sf)
|400 metres
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres|53.11]]
|-
|4th
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:34.91]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 NACAC Championships|NACAC Championships]]
|[[San Salvador, El Salvador]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[2007 NACAC Championships – Results#4 x 400 metres relay 2|3:30.16]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
|4th
|4 x 400 metres relay
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay|3:28.74]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{sports links}}
*[http://rapidas.webcindario.com/duas/qwe-ronettasmith.jpg Picture of Ronetta Smith]


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