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Weight
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89 kg
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Height
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190 cm
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Date of birth
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23.11.1982
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Place of birth
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Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica
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Nationality
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Jamaica
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Place of residence: Kingston, Jamaica Coach: Stephen Francis He is the youngest of six sons (Donovan, Nigel, Vaughn, Michael, Ricardo and Asafa) of William and Cislyn Powell. His eldest brother Donovan was an international sprinter and was 6th at the 1999 World Indoor Championships in Maebashi. Nigel went the way of music, is a successful music teacher. Michael was shot dead in a taxi in New York in 2002. Vaughn suffered a heart attack while playing a game of American Football. Schools: Charlemont High School Asafa Powell is one of the fastest human beings on the planet. He held the 100 m World record between June 2005 and May 2008 (9.77, 9.74). He was awarded the title of Male World Athlete of the Year in 2006. In 2000 Powell ran 11.45 and 23.07 in the 100m and 200m respectively at the ISSA High School Championships and neither of them was enough to advance him to the next round. The following year he won the Jamaican junior title in 10.50 seconds. During an Italian tour he showed his talent internationally in 2002 with a best of 10.12 in Rovereto.He won his first Jamaican senior title in 2003.At the World Championships in Paris he was 'the other athlete' disqualified for a false start in the quarter-final when Jon Drummond refused to leave the track after having been called for a false start. He ran his first sub-10 seconds 100m in 2004 and he did it eight more times during the season. Despite being one of the very best sprinters ever since and being the only man to have run legally under 10.00 seconds 15 times in a single season (in 2008) he has yet to win an individual global title. Asafa is a deeply religious man who has been raised strictly in his Christian family. In his high school yearbook, a jovial Asafa declared that his ambition was to become a "famous athlete" and his destiny was to "Bruck World Record". He has had a passion for cars, especially race cars, ever since he was teenager when he built his own go-kart, which he raced around his community. He has a talent for playing both the drum and guitar, and he still plays the guitar in his spare time. He likes stew chicken and fried dumplings; he loves reggae and hip hop music. Asafa enjoys watching football and he sometimes plays it.