Connie Price-Smith (born Constance Marie Price, June 3, 1962) is an American

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er. Price-Smith is also a four-time Olympian. She graduated from

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in 1985.

Later career

Price-Smith was also named to the 2012 Olympic track & field team coach staff in London. On July 21, 2015, she started her tenure as the head coach at the

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. She was named women's head coach for the United States team at the

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, again in Rio de Janeiro. In 2016, she was elected into the

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International competitions

*^ Reached the 1987 World Championship Final at discus but failed to register a distance. *Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

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