Sharrieffa Barksdale (born February 16, 1961) is an American

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. She was born in Harriman,

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. She competed at the

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, where she reached the semi-finals in women's 400 m hurdles. Barksdale owns one on one training academy. Barksdale was an American record holder in 400 m hurdles. Sharrieffa Barksdale is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho. She also represented her country at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medalist at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

. She was the national champion at the

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that same year. She was an All-American athlete at the

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* 1961 births Living people Track and field athletes from Tennessee People from Harriman, Tennessee American female hurdlers African-American female track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American women {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub