Doug Sharp

Olympic medalist
Sharp in February 2002
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Competitor for the  United States
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Four-man

Doug Sharp (born November 27, 1969) is an American bobsledder who has 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 bobsleigh, Sharp was also involved in track and field in the pole vault, barely missing the cut-off qualification for the United States 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 WAVE TV3 in Louisville at the time. In 2010, the couple decided to head north from Kentucky, and they currently reside in Bay City, Michigan. Carrie Sharp is currently an evening news anchor for WNEM TV5 in Saginaw, Michigan.

References

External links

• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
• CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team
• United States Olympic Committee profile
• University of Louisville profile

Persondata
Name	Sharp, Doug
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Short description	American bobsledder
Date of birth	November 27, 1969
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