Career Highlights

• 5-time FIVB World Champion
• Placed 5th at the 1996 Olympic games with Carl Henlkel
• Won a silver medal at the 2000 FIVB Belgium Open with partner Henkel
• Won the silver medal in Chile on the 1998 FIVB World Tour
• Won the bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill games
• Has competed in 85 National Events dating back to 1987
• Has accumulated 139 career open wins (most of any player on BVA Tour)

College

• All-American outside hitter for UCLA
• Won back-to-back national titles in 1978 and 1979
• In 1991, became the first volleyball player inducted into the UCLA Sports Hall of Fame

Personal

• Full name is Christopher St. John ""Sinjin"" Smith
• Sinjin is an old English derivative of St. John
• Married to a former fashion model, Patty and has three sons: Hagen, Stanton and Sinjin
• President of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Council