LaMont Smith

LaMont Smith is a former 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the Athletics at the [1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|men's 4 × 400 meter relay] for the United States.
Raised in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, Smith is a graduate of Willingboro High School, the same school as Carl Lewis, who also won a gold medal at the same Olympics. While at Willingboro, Smith won nine state championships. He attended Blinn College, where he was a 4 time NJCAA national champion before transferring to the University of Houston. A decade younger than Lewis, Smith joined Lewis on the Santa Monica Track Club. Lamont became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity in 1996.