Danielle Williams
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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Danielle Gracia Williams (born 14 September 1992) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[3] She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships. In addition, she won two medals at Summer Universiades, bronze in 2013 and gold in 2015, and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships.
Williams has personal bests of 12.57 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.3 m/s, Beijing 2015) and 8.02 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (State College 2015).
Her older sister, Shermaine, is also a hurdler.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing | |||||
2010 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 4th | 100 m | 11.72 |
3rd | 4x100 m | 45.69 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) |
Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. | 1st | 100 m H | 14.11 | |
1st | 4x100 m | 45.03 | |||
World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 4th | 100 m H | 13.46 (+0.9 m/s) | |
4th | 4x100 m | 44.24 | |||
2011 | Pan American Junior Championships | Miramar, United States | 2nd | 100 m H | 13.32 |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 3rd | 100 m H | 12.84 |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 20th (sf) | 100 m H | 13.13 | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | 100 m H | 13.06 |
2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 1st | 100 m H | 12.78 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 100 m H | 12.57 PB | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | – | 60 m H | DNF |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 18th (sf) | 100 m H | 13.14 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 2nd | 100 m H | 12.78 |
NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | 100 m H | 12.67 |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.24 (-0.7 m/s) (Pueblo 2013)
- 200 metres – 22.62 (-0.7 m/s) (Pueblo 2013)
- 100 metres hurdles – 12.57 (-0.3 m/s) (Beijing 2015)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.32 (Winston-Salem 2014)
- 200 metres – 23.43 (Birmingham, USA 2013)
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.02 (State College 2015)
References
- ↑ 2014 CWG profile
- ↑ 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-19 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Danielle Williams at IAAF
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