Cameron Sharpe is pictured above at the 1982 European Championships
in Athens. He won the 200m silver medal in a time of 20.47 secs, just one
hundredth of a second behind the Gold medal winner Olaf Prentzler.
|
Men's 100m. Final.
European Athletics Championships 1982 |
| 1 Frank EMMELMANN |
|
GDR |
|
10.21 |
| 2. Pier Francesco PAVONI |
|
ITA |
|
10.25 |
| 3. Marian WORONIN |
|
POL |
|
10.28 |
| 4. Cameron SHARP |
|
GBR |
|
10.28 |
| 5. Nikolai SIDOROV |
|
URS |
|
10.32 |
| 6. Olaf PRENZLER |
|
GDR |
|
10.35 |
| |
Men's 200m. Final.
European Athletics Championships 1982 |
| 1. Olaf PRENTZLER |
|
GDR |
|
20.46 |
| 2. Cameron SHARP |
|
GBR |
|
20.47 PB |
| 3. Frank EMMELMANN |
|
GDR |
|
20.60 |
| 4. Erwin SKAMRAHL |
|
FRG |
|
20.61 |
| 5. Istvan NAGY |
|
HUN |
|
20.62 |
| 6. Patrick BARRE |
|
FRA |
|
20.75 |
| |
Men's 100m. Final.
Commonwealth Games 1982 |
| 1. Allan WELLS |
|
SCO |
|
10.05 |
| 2. Ben JOHNSON |
|
CAN |
|
10.07 |
| 3. Cameron SHARP |
|
SCO |
|
10.09 |
| |
Men's 200m. Final.
Commonwealth Games 1982 |
| 1.=Allan WELLS |
|
SCO |
|
20.43 |
| 1.=Mike McFARLANE |
|
ENG |
|
20.43 |
| 3. Cameron SHARP |
|
SCO |
|
20.55 |
In 1991 he was involved in a serious car accident which left him physically and mentally disabled.
Married to Carol Lightfoot, former Scottish 800 metre runner he had two daughters,
one of whom, Lynsey, competed as an 800 metres runner. She won the 2012 European 800 metres
Championship in Helsinki and the silver medal four years later.
Both daughters won national athletics champions.