Sharon Jewell

Sharon Ann Jewell (born 9 April 1960 in Little Rock) is a former US Olympian in the sport of taekwondo. She would train at Howard University under Dong Ja Yang. Sharon would earn a bronze medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. While there she would meet and date Olympic wrestler, Rodney Smith. After her career she became a taekwondo referee.

Her father, Jerry Jewell (politician), was the first African-American member of the Arkansas State Senate.

References

1. 1992 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
2. 2000 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
3. Sharon Couch
4. 1987 World Taekwondo Championships
5. 1993 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
6. USA Taekwondo
7. Dong Ja Yang
8. List of World Championships medalists in taekwondo (women)
9. 1995 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
10. Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
11. 1997 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
12. List of 1989 World Games medal winners
13. Sharon L. Gleason
14. The Miracle of Kathy Miller
15. Dark Waters (2019 film)
16. Jewell Jones
17. List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
18. List of American female country singers
19. Kandi Burruss
20. Sharron Washington