Sharon Couch

{{short description|American track and field athlete}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Sharon Couch

| image =

| imagesize = 180px

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|09|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, United States

| height = 5 ft 8in[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/sharon-couch-jewell-1.html Sports-Reference profile]

| weight = 139 lb

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long jump, 100 m hurdles

| club =

| collegeteam = University of North Carolina

| alma_matter =

| coach = Randy Huntington
Loren Seagrave
Paul Doyle

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}}

Sharon Renee Couch-Jewell (born September 13, 1967, in Richmond, Virginia) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the long jump and sprint hurdles originating in Amelia, a small county in Virginia.{{World Athletics}} She represented her country at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics as well as one indoor and three outdoor World Championships.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing the {{flagu|United States}}
1988

|World Junior Championships

|Sudbury, Canada

|11th

|Long jump

|6.00 m (w)

rowspan=2|1992

|Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|6th

|Long jump

|6.66 m

World Cup

|Havana, Cuba

|4th

|Long jump

|6.59 m

rowspan=2|1993

|World Indoor Championships

|Toronto, Canada

|18th (q)

|Long jump

|6.12 m

World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|24th (q)

|Long jump

|6.19 m

1995

|World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|28th (q)

|Long jump

|6.30 m

1997

|World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|25th (q)

|Long jump

|6.37 m

1998

|Goodwill Games

|Uniondale, United States

|6th

|Long jump

|6.57 m

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|12th (sf)

|100 m hurdles

|13.00 s

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References