Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Lynsey Sharp i Dumfries, Scotland, a i noho ia i ona tau o mua i Lochmaben tata. Ko ia te tamahine a nga kaitakaro Scottish o mua a Cameron Sharp me Carol Sharp (née Lightfoot). I riro i tōna pāpā tētahi mētara hiriwa Pākehā i te tau 1982 i te 200 m, ā, i whakataetae ia i te 1980 Olympic Games, i te mea ko tōna māmā tētahi mētara 800 m pai rawa atu o te 2:02.91 ā, i whakataetae ia i te
Ngā Taakaro o te Rōpū Whenua 1982.