Cameron Sharp
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Born | [1] Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland[2] | 3 June 1958|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Cameron Sharp (born 3 June 1958) is a Scottish former
In 1975, he won the Scottish schoolboys 100 and 200 championships.
He took the silver medal in the 200 m at the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1982, narrowly losing the gold to East German sprinter Olaf Prenzler, but beating another top East German (Frank Emmelmann, the 100 metre winner) into bronze. Sharp also finished fourth in the 100 metres final, again narrowly missing out on a medal.
He also competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and again reached the semi-finals of both the sprints, narrowly missing out in places of the finals.
He was also Scottish 100 m and 200 m champion with a famous 100 m victory over 1980 Olympic champion Allan Wells. Sharp also won three UK National Championships, the AAA Championships 100 metres and was also the AAA's indoor 60 metres champion.
He competed in his third Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986, where he won another bronze medal with the sprint relay team.
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 10.20 seconds
- 200 metres – 20.47 seconds
Personal life
In 1991 he was involved in a serious car accident which left him physically and mentally disabled. Married to Carol Lightfoot, former Scottish 800 metre runner, and has two daughters, one of whom, Lynsey, competes as an 800-metre runner. Both daughters are national athletics champions.
References
- ^ "Olympedia – Cameron Sharp". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Cameron Sharp from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ Kubatko, Justin. "Cameron Sharp Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.