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{{Short description|American bobsledder (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Doug Sharp
| image            = Doug Sharp 2002-02-03 1.JPEG
| caption          = Sharp in February 2002
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|November 27, 1969}}
| birth_place      = [[Marion, Ohio]], U.S.
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| show-medals      = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[bobsleigh]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
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{{MedalBronze | [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Four-man|Four-man]] }}
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'''Doug Sharp''' (born November 27, 1969, in [[Marion, Ohio]]) is an American [[bobsled]]der 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 [[bobsleigh]], Sharp was also involved in [[track and field]] in the [[pole vault]], barely missing the cut-off qualification for the [[United States]] [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|Olympic trials]] for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. He also played [[American football]] and [[ice hockey]]. At the time of the [[2002 Winter Olympics|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 (TV)|WAVE TV3]] in Louisville at the time. In 2010, the couple decided to head north from Kentucky, and they resided in [[Bay City, Michigan]]. Carrie Sharp is currently an evening news anchor for [[WTVF-TV]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He also has a niece named Shelby.

==References==
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* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323143804/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |date=2019-03-23 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020208003825/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/usbios_bobsled/ CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714140821/http://www.usoc.org/26_701.htm United States Olympic Committee profile]
* [https://archive.today/20130120062723/http://uoflsports.cstv.com/sports/m-track/mtt/sharp_doug00.html University of Louisville profile]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/doug-sharp-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707051502/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/doug-sharp-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-07-07}}

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[[Category:American men's ice hockey players]]
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[[Category:Purdue Boilermakers men's track and field athletes]]
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