David Sharpe (runner)

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| event = middle-distance

| club = Jarrow AC

| birth_date = 8 July 1967

| birth_place = Northumberland, England

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David Sharpe (born 8 July 1967) is a British former middle-distance runner.

Biography

Sharpe won a silver medal at the European Championships in Split 1990 over 800 m. In 1988 he won the European Indoor Championships and in 1992 he came first in the 800 m race at the World Cup in Havana. In 1992 Sharpe won the B-race in Zurich in a personal best of 1:43.98 min.

Sharpe finished third behind Steve Cram in the 800 metres event at the 1986 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=20 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=20 June 2025}}

International competitions

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing the {{GBR2}}
rowspan=3\|1986 \|European Indoor Championships \|Madrid, Spain \|16th (h) \|800 m \|1:53.93
rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Athens, Greece \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|800 m \|1:48.32
5th \|1500 m \|3:46.94
1988 \|European Indoor Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|800 m \|1:49.17
1990 \|European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|800 m \|1:45.59
1992 \|World Cup \|Havana, Cuba \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|800 m \|1:46.06

colspan="6"|Representing the {{GBR2}}

rowspan=3|1986

|European Indoor Championships

|Madrid, Spain

|16th (h)

|800 m

|1:53.93

rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Athens, Greece

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:48.32