Sharon Powell

{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter}}

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| nationality = Jamaican

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 metres, 800 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|16|df=yes}}

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Sharon Powell (born 16 July 1965) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete. She competed in the 800 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing fifth in the final of the relay.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/sharon-powell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121345/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/sharon-powell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Sharon Powell Olympic Results |access-date=4 September 2017}}

Powell is from Clarendon, Jamaica.{{Cite web |title=Sharon Powell - Track and Field 1986-87 |url=https://huskers.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/season/1986-87/player/sharon-powell |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}} Competing for the Nebraska Cornhuskers track and field team, she won the 1988 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 800 m.{{Cite news |last=Janofsky |first=Michael |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1988-06-04 |title=Track and Field; Daniel Sets N.C.A.A. Mark in 200 Meters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/04/sports/track-and-field-daniel-sets-ncaa-mark-in-200-meters.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}