Doug Sharp

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Doug Sharp
Sharp in February 2002
Personal information
BornNovember 27, 1969 (1969-11-27) (age 54)
Marion, Ohio, U.S.
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Four-man

Doug Sharp (born November 27, 1969, in

bobsledder who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
.

Prior to his involvement in

Olympic trials for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also played American football and ice hockey. At the time of the 2002 games, he also served as an assistant athletics coach for the University of Louisville in Kentucky
.

Sharp also is a licensed

chiropractor and serves in the United States Army in artillery. He graduated from Purdue University
in 1993.

In 2008, Sharp married Carrie Weil, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and morning news anchor for

. He also has a niece named Shelby.

References

  • Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  • CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team
  • United States Olympic Committee profile
  • University of Louisville profile
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Doug Sharp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07.