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Asafa Powell is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialized in short-distance running events. He is significant in sports history as one of the world's fastest sprinters of his era.
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Jamaican
- Born
- ( 1982-11-23 ) 23 November 1982 (age 43) , Spanish Town , Jamaica
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 93 kg (205 lb)
- Relative s
- Alex Powell (cousin) Donovan Powell (former athlete, brother)
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- 100 metres , 200 metres
- Club
- MVP Track & Field Club
- Coached by
- Stephen Francis
- Personal bests
- 60 m : 6.44 s NR (Portland, 2016), 100 yd : 9.07 s World best</span>"}]]}'>WB (Ostrava, 2010), 100 m : 9.72 s (Lausanne, 2008), 200 m : 19.90 s (Kingston, 2006), 400 m : 45.94 s (Sydney, 2009)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Position
- Sprinter
- Nationality
- Jamaica
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Powell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Spanish Town
- Sibling
- Donovan Powell
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Jamaica
- Mass
- 87
- Official website
- www.asafapowell.net
- Image
- Asafa Powell com medalha de ouro no 4 x 100 metros 1039105-19.08.2016 frz-120 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 188
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- Commons category
- Asafa Powell
- date of birth
- 1982-11-23
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- name in native language
- Asafa Powell
- social media followers
- 184953
- sports discipline competed in
- 100 metres
- record held
- Men's 100 metres world record progression
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro4 × 100 m relay
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