Asafa Powell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Asafa Powell

Jamaican sprinter

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1982

Place of Birth: Spanish Town, Jamaica

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Asafa Powell

  • Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises 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 male 100 metre athletes.
  • 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.
  • At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games he won a gold medal 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 won a bronze and a silver medal in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m relay respectively, and he was successful at the Commonwealth Games, winning two golds and one silver medal.
  • At the 2009 World Championships, he won the 100 m bronze and relay gold.
  • Powell has won five times at the IAAF World Athletics Final and was the former 100 m world record holder in the event. Powell had tested positive for the drug oxilofrine in 2013 and withdrew from the 2013 World Athletics Championships as a result.
  • Powell and fellow Jamaican Sprinter, Sherone Simpson had taken the supplement Ephiphany D1 as part of their training regimen, not knowing it contained oxilofrine.
  • It was later revealed that Acacia was substituted with oxilofrine, and not revealed by the manufacturer.
  • The duo sued the company that sold the supplement, Dynamic Life Nutrition (DLN), in order to clear their names.
  • Both Powell and Simpson reached an out of court settlement for an undisclosed amount in September 2015.
  • After the settlement, Simpson released a statement stating: "Both Asafa and I are happy that we were able to settle this out of court." In April 2014, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission suspended him for 18 months over doping charges, expiring in December that year.
  • However, after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the suspension was reduced to 6 months.

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