Oluseyi (Seyi) Smith is a retired two-time Canadian summer (London-2012) and winter (Pyeongchang-2018) Olympian in athletics and bobsleigh. His sporting career spanned 16 years and included representing Canada multiple times beyond the Olympic Games.

Outside of sport, Seyi is a professional engineer with a specialty in the construction of major utility projects including renewable energy developments, interconnections, transit projects and electrical infrastructure upgrades. He earned his B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Technologies from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom; and his joint MBA from Queens and Cornell University.

Seyi has a passion for environmental sustainability along with his love for sport. He is the founder of Racing to Zero, a sports focused environmental sustainability consultancy. His team of retired Olympians who are also sustainability professionals offer sustainability education, carbon inventories and sustainability strategy support to local, regional and national sports organizations in Canada.

Seyi is also an avid volunteer in the Olympic family, and has current roles with the Canadian Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee’s athlete commissions and previously the IOC sustainability and legacy commission. Finally, he is also a proud member of EcoAthletes, an international sport and sustainability advocacy group.