Sada Williams
- 100 m: 11.66 (2017)
- 200 m: 22.61 NR (2016)
- 400 m: 49.58 NR (2023)
Women's athletics | ||
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Representing Barbados | ||
World Championships | ||
2022 Eugene | 400 m | |
2023 Budapest | 400 m | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2022 Birmingham | 400 m | |
NACAC Championships | ||
2022 Freeport | 400 m |
Sada Williams (SHAH-day;[3] born 1 December 1997)[4] is a Barbadian sprinter competing primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships.[2] Williams took a gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships without reaching the semifinals.
Williams competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[5]
She had a breakthrough 2022 season, finishing third in the 400 m at the World Championships Eugene 2022 in July. She improved her own national record to 49.75 seconds, coming home only behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo (49.11 s) and Marileidy Paulino who ran a time of 49.60 s.[6] About two weeks later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds.[7] She continued her fine season in August by claiming silver behind only Miller-Uibo (49.40 s) at the NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, with a time of 49.86 seconds.[4]
International competitions
1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 11.66 (0.0 m/s, St. Michael 2017)
- 200 metres – 22.61 (+1.6 m/s, St. Michael 2016) NR
- 400 metres – 49.58(Budapest, HU 2023) NR
References
- ^ "2015 Pan Am Games bio". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ a b Dennehy, Cathal (2022-09-27). "After breakthrough season, Barbadian sprinter Williams is blazing a trail". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "Sada Williams of Barbados 400m World Championship Bronze in 49.75, now Commonwealth Games Champion". YouTube. 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ a b "Sada WILLIAMS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Athletics WILLIAMS Sada". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ^ "Miller-Uibo claims elusive World champs gold - shock bronze for Barbados' Sada Williams". SportsMax.tv. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ Detailed Results - Women's 400m, 9 August 2022
External links
- Sada Williams at World Athletics
- Sada Williams at Olympedia
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(1966)
- 1966: Judy Pollock (AUS)
(1970–present)
- 1970: Marilyn Neufville (JAM)
- 1974: Yvonne Saunders (CAN)
- 1978: Donna Hartley (ENG)
- 1982: Raelene Boyle (AUS)
- 1986: Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)
- 1990: Fatima Yusuf (NGR)
- 1994: Cathy Freeman (AUS)
- 1998: Sandie Richards (JAM)
- 2002: Aliann Pompey (GUY)
- 2006: Christine Ohuruogu (ENG)
- 2010: Amantle Montsho (BOT)
- 2014: Stephenie Ann McPherson (JAM)
- 2018: Amantle Montsho (BOT)
- 2022: Sada Williams (BAR)
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