# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asafa-powell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:04:08.510Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asafa-powell"
name: "Asafa Powell"
slug: "asafa-powell"
description: "Asafa Powell CD is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised 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 men's 100-metre athletes. As of 1 September 2016, Powell has broken the 10-second barrier more times than anyone else—97 times. He currently holds the world record for the 100-yard dash with a time of 9.07 s, set on 27 May 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In 2016, he became Olympic champion in the 4 × 100 metres relay."
tagline: "Jamaican sprinter"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1982-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump