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In April 2007 Corey Reid, an uncle of Powell, was stabbed in Waterloo, Ewarton, St. Catherine. He later died in hospital.

In 2003 Donovan lost another brother, Vaughn Powell, who suffered a fatal heart attack while playing a game of American Football.

In 2002 one of Donovan's brothers, Michael Powell, was shot dead in a taxi in New York.

His final international appearance came at the 2001 CAC Championships, where he was seventh in the 100 m final. He retired from athletics in 2002 and is now a youth track coach in Texas.

At the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, Japan Powell finished sixth in the 60 m final with a time of 6.59 s.

After the 1996 season his form declined and he did not manage to run under 10.20 seconds for the rest of his career. Slowest out of the starting blocks, Powell finished sixth in his second round heat of the 100 m at the Athens World Championships in 10.35 s, and did not progress to the next round. The Jamaican team did not start the first heat of the 4 × 100 m relay, for which Powell was supposed to run first leg.

He qualified for the 1995 World Championships with a second place at the Jamaican National Championships, but his test from the competition came back positive for the stimulant ephedrine and he was banned for three months. After returning to competition he ran at the 1997 World Championships (reaching the quarter-finals) and he was sixth in the final of the 60 m at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He represented Jamaica at the Olympics at the 2000 Sydney Games, running in the relay heats.

Powell received a three-month ban from competition for a doping offense as his test was positive for the stimulant ephedrine. He was disqualified from participating in the 1995 World Championships in Athletics.

Powell had his first successes at the CARIFTA Games, where he won two silver medals in 1989, before taking the 200 metres title in 1990. He first represented Jamaica at the global level at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He began attending Texas Christian University and had success at the 1994 NCAA championships, taking third in the 100 m and anchoring the TCU Horned Frogs to a relay gold. The next year he took a silver medal over 55 metres indoors and won another silver outdoors, setting his 10.07 seconds personal best for the 100 m.

Donovan Powell (born 31 October 1971 in Linstead, Jamaica) is a former sprinter who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres events. He is the brother of Asafa Powell, a former 100 m world record holder.