Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1982-11-23) 23 November 1982 (age 41)
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
ClubMVP Track & Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60 m: 6.44 s NR (Portland, 2016)

100 yd: 9.07 WR (Ostrava, 2010)
100 m: 9.72 s (Lausanne, 2008)
200 m: 19.90 s (Kingston, 2006)

400 m: 45.94 s (Sydney, 2009)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 2 1 2
World Athletics Final 5 1 0
World Indoor Championships 0 1 0
Commonwealth Games 2 1 0
Total 10 4 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Osaka 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin 100 m
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Portland 60 m
World Athletics Final
Gold medal – first place 2004 Monaco 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Monaco 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Stuttgart 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Stuttgart 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Thessaloniki 100 m
Diamond League
Winner 2011 100 metres
Winner 2016 100 metres
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 4×100 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Santa Fe 4x100 meters relay

Asafa Powell CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of 9.72 s ranking fourth on the all-time list of men's 100-metre athletes.[2] As of 1 September 2016, Powell has broken the ten-second barrier more times than anyone else—97 times. He currently holds the world record for the 100-yard dash with a time of 9.09 s, set on 27 May 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In 2016, he became Olympic champion in the 4 x 100 metres relay.

Powell competed in the 100 m at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics, finishing fifth in 2004 and 2008 and eighth after injuring his groin during the race in 2012. At the 2007 Osaka World Championships, he achieved a bronze and a silver medal in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay respectively, and he was successful at the Commonwealth Games, winning twice plus achieving a silver medal. At the 2009 World Championships, he achieved the 100 m bronze and became champion in the relay. Powell has won five times at the IAAF World Athletics Final and was the former 100 m world record holder in the event.

In 2013, Powell tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine along with teammate Sherone Simpson and voluntarily withdrew from the 2013 World Athletics Championships as a result, though both maintained they did not take any banned supplements knowingly or willfully. On 10 April 2014, they received an 18-month suspension from competing, which was set to expire in December that year. However the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) lifted both athletes' suspensions on 14 July 2014, finding that the positive tests were caused by the presence of oxilofrine, undisclosed by the manufacturer, in a supplement taken by the pair.

  1. ^ a b Turner, Chris (4 July 2005). "TDK Golden League - Powell is "getting better and better" ahead of Rome clash with Gatlin". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ 100 Metres All Time Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 7 June 2012.