write a note on john carlos and tommie smith
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Full name: John Wesley Carlos
Gender: Male
Height: 6-3.5 (193 cm)
Weight: 187 lbs (85 kg)
Born: June 5, 1945 (Age 73.189, YY.DDD) in Harlem, New York, United States
Affiliations: Santa Clara Valley Youth Village, Santa Clara (USA)
Country:  United States
Sport: Athletics
Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)
Biography
After withdrawing from East Texas State, claiming racial prejudice, John Carlos enrolled at San Jose State. At the 1967 Pan American Games he won gold in the 200 metres event. His finest performance was 19.7 (19.92) for the 200 metres at the 1968 Final Trials which, although 3/10ths of a second inside the world record, was never ratified because Carlos was wearing illegal brush spikes. During the Olympic medal presentation in Mexico City, Carlos and 200 metre winner, [Tommie Smith], stood at attention, but raised black-gloved fists in the )Black Power) salute, hoping to call attention to the plight of the black man in America. For this, they were banned from the Olympic Village. In 1969, Carlos won the AAU and NCAA 220y and equalled the world record for the indoor 60y and the outdoor 100y. He made several abortive efforts to play in the NFL and did play for a few years with the Montréal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
Personal Bests: 100y – 9.1 (1969); 100 – 10.0 (1968); 200 – 19.92 (1968); 440y – 47.0 (1967)
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Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944)[2] is an American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprintfinals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken legally. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium to protest the harsh and sometimes deadly discrimination against African-Americans because of their skin color in the United States caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement.
Tommie Smith
John Carlos and Tommie Smith (center) at the 200 m award ceremony of the 1968 Olympics, wearing black gloves, black socks and no shoe