Danielle Williams
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Full name | Danielle Gracia Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Andrew, Jamaica[1] | 14 September 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Johnson C. Smith University[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 100 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Lennox Graham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danielle Gracia Williams (born 14 September 1992) is a Jamaican track and field athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles.[3] She is best known for winning gold medals at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2023 World Championships. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, won two medals at Summer Universiades, bronze in 2013 and gold in 2015, won silver medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 NACAC Championships, and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships, all in the 100m hurdles.
Her older sister, Shermaine, is also a hurdler.
Career
[edit]In 2013, Williams placed third in the 100m hurdles at the Summer Universiade. Later that year, she competed at the World Championships in Moscow, where she made the semi-finals.[4]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Williams placed fourth in the 100m hurdles, narrowly missing out on a medal.[5]
Williams won gold at the 2015 Summer Universiade with a time of 12.78 s. She followed that up by winning gold at the 2015 World Championships in a new personal best of 12.57 s.[6]
In 2017, Williams won the Jamaican Championships in a personal best time of 12.56 s, qualifying her for the World Championships where she made the semi-final.[7]
Williams won her first Diamond League at the 2019 Müller Anniversary Games in a new national record of 12.32 s.[8][9] She competed at the 2019 World Championships, winning the bronze medal.[10]
In 2022, Williams set a new 60m hurdles personal best of 7.75 s in Clemson.[11] She competed at the World Championships in Eugene, finishing sixth.[12] The next month, she represented Jamaica at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, also finishing sixth.
At the 2023 World Championships, Williams won gold in a time of 12.43 s.[13]
In 2024, Williams placed second at the Jamaican Championships, finishing behind Ackera Nugent. This qualified her for her first Olympics, where she went out in the semi-finals.[14]
Competition record
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.24 (−0.7 m/s) (Pueblo 2013)
- 200 metres – 22.62 (−0.7 m/s) (Pueblo 2013)
- 100 metres hurdles – 12.32 (−0.3 m/s) (London 2019)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.29 (Clemson 2022)
- 200 metres – 23.12 (Clemson 2020)
- 60 metres hurdles – 7.75 (Clemson 2022)
References
[edit]- ^ 2014 CWG profile[dead link ]
- ^ 2015 WSG profile Archived 19 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Danielle Williams at World Athletics
- ^ "100 Metres Hurdles Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Williams 4th in women's 100m hurdles final". Jamaica Observer. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Dyachkova, Elena (28 August 2015). "Report: women's 100m hurdles final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "100 Metres Hurdles Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (20 July 2019). "Williams blazes 12.32, Warholm improves to 47.12 in London - IAAF Diamond League". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Danielle Williams sets new 100mH national record in London". Jamaica Observer. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "DOHA 2019 - Danielle Williams settles for bronze in 100m hurdles final". Jamaica Gleaner. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Danielle Williams clocks world lead in 60m hurdles". Jamaica Observer. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "100 Metres Hurdles Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Goh, ZK (24 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships 2023: Danielle Williams springs surprise to clinch women's 100m hurdles title, eight years after first world crown". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Results - Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal 1/3" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Danielle Williams at World Athletics
- Danielle Williams at Olympics.com
- Danielle Williams at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Danielle Williams at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
- Jamaican female hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Jamaica
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Jamaica
- Diamond League winners
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Jamaican Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Jamaica
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs