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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Scottish sprinter (born 1958)}}<br />
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| name = Cameron Sharp<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|03|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Cameron Sharp |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69475 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Irvine, North Ayrshire]], Scotland<ref>{{cite web |title=Cameron Sharp from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst765.html |website=www.scottish-places.info |access-date=3 November 2023 |language=en-gb}}</ref><br />
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| nationality = British (Scottish)<br />
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]<br />
| event = Sprints<br />
| club = Shettleston Harriers, Glasgow<br />
| height = 182 cm<br />
| weight = 77 kg<br />
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Comp|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[1982 European Championships in Athletics|1982 Athens]]|[[1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Comp|[[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Country | {{SCO}} }}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]]|[[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]]|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|100 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]]|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|200 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]]|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|[[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}<br />
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'''Robert Cameron Sharp''' (born 3 June 1958) is a Scottish former [[sprint (running)|sprinter]]. In 1978, he won a gold medal at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edmonton]] in the 4 × 100 m relay alongside [[David Jenkins (athlete)|David Jenkins]], [[Allan Wells]], and [[Drew McMaster]] and competed at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]. <ref>{{cite web |author=Kubatko, Justin<br />
|title=Cameron Sharp Biography and Olympic Results|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/cameron-sharp-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/cameron-sharp-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2010-01-24 }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
In 1975, Sharp won the Scottish schoolboys 100 and 200 championships. He went on to compete at the [[1980 Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Moscow]] in the 100 m, 200 m where he reached the semi-finals of both sprints, and was a member of the 4 × 100 m relay where the U.K. finished 4th in the final in a new British record.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69475 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref><br />
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He became the [[List of British champions in 100 metres|British 100 metres champion]] after winning the British [[AAA Championships]] title at the [[1982 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref> Later that year he went on to compete in the [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games]] picking up three bronze medals, in the [[100 metres]], [[200 metres]], and [[4 × 100 metres relay]]. Also during 1982, 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.<br />
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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 200;m victory over 1980 Olympic champion Allan Wells. Sharp also won the [[UK Athletics Championships]] in 1980 and 1981, and was also the [[AAA Indoor Championships|AAA's indoor]] [[60 metres]] champion.<br />
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He competed in his third [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986]], where he won another bronze medal with the sprint relay team.<br />
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== Personal bests ==<br />
*100 metres – 10.20 seconds<br />
*200 metres – 20.47 seconds<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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 Sharp|Lynsey]], competes as an 800-metre runner. Both daughters are national athletics champions.<br />
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