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}} Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 metres world record 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 being the fifth fastest time in the history of the event.〔(100 Metres All Time ). IAAF. Retrieved on 7 June 2012.〕 As of October 2012, Powell has broken the ten-second barrier legally more times than anyone else – 94 times. 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. In 2008 he won a gold medal and set the world and Olympic records as part of the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team. 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 has been successful at the Commonwealth Games, winning two gold and one silver medal. At the 2009 World Championships he won 100 m bronze and a relay gold. Powell has won five times at the IAAF World Athletics Final and was formerly the 100 m world record holder for the event. Powell had tested positive for the drug oxilofrine in 2013 and withdrew from the 2013 World Athletics Championships as a result. In April 2014, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission announced that he would be suspended 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.〔 ==Biography and sprinting career== Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Asafa Powell is the youngest of six sons of two ministers.They moved back to Jamaica when Asafa was only a few years old. He attended Ewarton Primary School and Charlemont High School, both in St. Catherine, Jamaica. Powell planned to be a mechanic before he took up running while studying in Kingston, Jamaica. His eldest brother Donovan,〔(Second Chance – The Success Story of Asafa Powell )〕 was a 60 m finalist in the 1999 World Indoor Championships.〔(Asafa Powell one stylish record holder ).〕 Running runs in the family: His brothers clocked 9.5 seconds for the 100 yd dash, his mother 11.4, and his father 10.2.〔 Powell is a member of the MVP (Maximising Velocity and Power) Track & Field Club based at the University of Technology, Jamaica〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MVP Official Web Site )〕 and has been coached by Stephen Francis since 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asafa Powell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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