Sharon Jewell

Sharon Jewell (born 1960) is a former US Olympian in the sport of taekwondo. [1] She would train at Howard University under Dong Ja Yang.[2] Sharon would earn a bronze medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. [1] While there she would meet and date Olympic wrestler, Rodney Smith. [1]

Her father, Jerry Donal Jewell, was the first African-American member of the Arkansas State Senate.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Fighting the good fights". Team USA. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ebony". google.com. Retrieved 27 February 2015.