Sharon Ann Jewell (born 9 April 1960 in Little Rock [1]) is a former US Olympian in the sport of taekwondo. [2] She would train at Howard University under Dong Ja Yang. [3] Sharon would earn a bronze medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. [2] While there she would meet and date Olympic wrestler, Rodney Smith. [2] After her career she became a taekwondo referee. [4]
Her father, Jerry Jewell (politician), was the first African-American member of the Arkansas State Senate. [2]
Sharon Ann Jewell (born 9 April 1960 in Little Rock [1]) is a former US Olympian in the sport of taekwondo. [2] She would train at Howard University under Dong Ja Yang. [3] Sharon would earn a bronze medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. [2] While there she would meet and date Olympic wrestler, Rodney Smith. [2] After her career she became a taekwondo referee. [4]
Her father, Jerry Jewell (politician), was the first African-American member of the Arkansas State Senate. [2]