Sharon Couch

Sharon Renee Couch-Jewell (born September 13, 1967, in Richmond, Virginia) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the long jump and sprint hurdles originating in Amelia, a small county in Virginia.^[2] She represented her country at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics as well as one indoor and three outdoor World Championships.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  United States
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	11th	Long jump	6.00 m (w)
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	Long jump	6.66 m
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	4th	Long jump	6.59 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	18th (q)	Long jump	6.12 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	24th (q)	Long jump	6.19 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	28th (q)	Long jump	6.30 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	25th (q)	Long jump	6.37 m
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	6th	Long jump	6.57 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	12th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.00 s

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres hurdles – 12.68 (+1.3 m/s, Sacramento 2000)
• Long jump – 6.54 (0.0 m/s, Rio de Janeiro 1998)

Indoor

• 60 metres hurdles – 7.94 (New York 2000)
• Long jump – 6.48 (Montreal 1997)

References

• USATF profile

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1992 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification

• 1992 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes

• Michael Bates
• Arthur Blake
• Leroy Burrell
• Mark Croghan
• Tony Dees
• Brian Diemer
• Danny Everett
• Mark Everett
• Marco Evoniuk
• Ed Eyestone
• Johnny Gray
• Darnell Hall (r)
• Terrance Herrington
• Steve Holman
• Allen James
• Chip Jenkins
• James Jett (r)
• Michael Johnson
• Bob Kempainen
• Bob Kennedy
• Carl Lewis (r)
• Steve Lewis
• Daniel Lopez
• Michael Marsh
• Dennis Mitchell
• McClinton Neal
• Herm Nelson
• José Parrilla
• David Patrick
• Jack Pierce
• Steve Plasencia
• Aaron Ramirez
• Reuben Reina
• Carl Schueler
• Steve Spence
• Jim Spivey
• John Trautmann
• Andrew Valmon (r)
• Quincy Watts
• Todd Williams
• Mark Witherspoon
• Kevin Young

Men's
field athletes

• Charles Austin
• Ron Backes
• Mike Barnett
• Brian Blutreich
• Tim Bright
• Mike Buncic
• Mike Conley
• Hollis Conway
• Brian Crouser
• Lance Deal
• Jim Doehring
• Ken Flax
• Joe Greene
• Dave Johnson
• Carl Lewis
• Jud Logan
• Aric Long
• Rob Muzzio
• Darrin Plab
• Mike Powell
• Tom Pukstys
• Charles Simpkins
• Mike Stulce
• Kory Tarpenning
• John Tillman
• Dave Volz
• Anthony Washington

Women's track
and road athletes

• Evelyn Ashford
• Tonja Buford
• Joetta Clark
• Gwynneth Coogan
• Gail Devers
• Sandra Farmer-Patrick
• Michelle Finn
• Carlette Guidry
• Suzy Hamilton
• Victoria Herazo
• Denean Hill (r)
• Regina Jacobs
• Julie Jenkins
• Lynn Jennings
• Esther Jones (r)
• Natasha Kaiser
• Janis Klecker
• Francie Larrieu-Smith
• Debbi Lawrence
• LaVonna Martin
• Jearl Miles
• Cathy O'Brien
• Annette Peters
• PattiSue Plumer
• Meredith Rainey
• Michelle Rohl
• Shelly Steely
• Rochelle Stevens
• Judi St. Hilaire
• Lynda Tolbert
• Gwen Torrence
• Janeene Vickers
• Dannette Young (r)

Women's
field athletes

• Paula Berry
• Kym Carter
• Sharon Couch
• Bonnie Dasse
• Pam Dukes
• Sheila Echols
• Carla Garrett
• Cindy Greiner
• Tanya Hughes
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee
• Donna Mayhew
• Penny Neer
• Ramona Pagel
• Connie Price-Smith
• Sue Rembao
• Amber Welty

Coaches

• Mel Rosen (men's head coach)
• Harry Groves (men's assistant coach)
• Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach)
• Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach)
• Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach)
• Fred Samara (men's assistant coach)
• Barbara Jacket (women's head coach)
• Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach)
• Lance Harter (women's assistant coach)
• Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)

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