Karin Smith

Karin Kiefer Smith (born August 4, 1955, in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States.

She did, however, receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.

[2][3] After graduating from La Jolla High School, Smith initially attended UCLA before leaving to train in Germany in 1977.

Smith then returned to college, enrolling at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.

[6] During an era when Division II winners could then also compete at the Division I meets, Smith won the NCAA Division I javelin individual national championship[7] on June 4, 1982 with a mark of 206 feet, 9 inches, which held the all-time event record with the previous design.