{{Short description|United States Virgin Islands bobsledder (1945–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Christopher Sharpless | full_name = Christopher Roland Sharpless | image = Christopher Sharpless.jpg | image_size = 240 | caption = | sport = Bobsleigh | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|8|23}} | birth_place = Bryan, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|10|1|1945|8|23}} | death_place = St. Marys, Georgia, U.S. }}

'''Christopher Roland Sharpless''' (August 23, 1945 – October 1, 2025) was a bobsledder who represented the United States Virgin Islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/02/u-s-virgin-islands-bobsled-team-calgary-olympics-the-little-remembered-1988-squad-was-way-worse-than-the-jamaicans.html |title=The Little-Remembered U.S. Virgin Islands Bobsled Team Was Way Worse than the Jamaicans |work=Slate |access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref> He competed in the two man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/chris-sharpless-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/chris-sharpless-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Christopher Sharpless Olympic Results |accessdate=April 22, 2018}}</ref>

Sharpless died from complications of Parkinson's disease on October 1, 2025, in St. Marys, Georgia, at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allisonmemorialchapelandfuneralhome.com/obituary/christopher-sharpless|title=Christopher Roland Sharpless, Sr.|work=Allison Memorial Chapel|access-date=October 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ga/saint-marys/christopher-sharpless-sr-20394434|title=Christopher Sharpless Sr.|work=Echovita|access-date=October 5, 2025}}</ref>

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