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{{short description|American swimmer}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Royce Sharp
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| fullname       = James Royce Sharp
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| national_team  = {{USA}}
| strokes        = [[Backstroke]]
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| collegeteam    = [[Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving|University of Michigan]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Houston, Texas]]
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| weight         = {{convert|150|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1994 World Aquatics Championships|1994 Rome]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 200 m backstroke}}
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'''James Royce Sharp''' (born May 25, 1972) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented the United States at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain.  Sharp competed in the preliminary heats of the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|men's 200-meter backstroke]], and finished with the eighteenth-best time overall (2:00.97).  His winning time in the U.S. Olympic Trials was over two seconds faster, and the equivalent time would have won a medal in Barcelona.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/royce-sharp-1.html  Royce Sharp].  Retrieved October 5, 2012.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of University of Michigan alumni]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)]]

==References==
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{{Footer USA Swimming 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Pan Pacific Champions 200m Backstroke Men}}

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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for the United States]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Houston]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportspeople]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportspeople]]


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