[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 21 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DR. DOUG SHARP

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                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 4, 2002

  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a fellow Hoosier who has 
achieved a truly Olympian feat. Dr. Doug Sharp, of Jeffersonville, 
Indiana, helped to bring one of America's four-man bobsled teams a 
bronze medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games. 
Participating in his first Olympic games, Doug helped give his team a 
four-heat combined time of 3 minutes 7 seconds. Doug's team, along with 
the silver medal-winning bobsled team, ended a 46-year medal drought 
for U.S. men's bobsledding.
  A native of Ohio, Doug now lives in Jeffersonville, and went to 
Purdue University for his undergraduate degree. After graduation, he 
went on to become a chiropractor, receiving his degree from the Palmer 
College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. Doug narrowly missed 
competing in the 1996 Summer Games in the pole vault by falling just 4 
inches short in the U.S. Olympic trials. Doug remains competitive in 
track and field as an assistant coach of the University of Louisville 
track and field team.
  Doug is no stranger to serving his country. He is a member of the 
U.S. Army's World Class Athletes Program. The program's mission is to 
help support and guide world-class athletes to the pinnacle of their 
chosen sports while maintaining Army careers and representing the U.S. 
Army before the world. Doug has said that his job, as an Olympic 
athlete and a representative of the Army, ``is to be an ambassador of 
good will.''
  It is apparent to me that--with or without the Olympic glory--Doug 
Sharp has already reached the pinnacle. He has served his country well 
and with distinction. Hoosiers and Americans everywhere are proud of 
his achievement. He is a true Olympic hero. On behalf of the citizens 
of the Ninth District and of the State of Indiana, I want to 
congratulate Dr. Doug Sharp on a job well done.




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