Sada Williams
| File:400m women final Oregon 2022 (cropped).jpg Williams at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1997 Saint Philip, Barbados |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Barbados |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 200 metres, 400 metres |
| Club | MVP Track Club (2018–) |
| Coached by | Stephen Francis (2018–)[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
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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 gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships but did not reach 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
[edit | edit source]1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]- 100 metres – 11.66 (0.0 m/s, St. Michael 2017)
- 200 metres – 22.59 (+1.5 m/s, Spanish Town 2024) NR
- 400 metres – 49.58 (Budapest 2023) NR
References
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External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Barbadian women sprinters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Barbados
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games athletes for Barbados
- Olympic women sprinters
- Athletes from Bridgetown
- Olympic athletes for Barbados
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Barbados
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Barbadian athletics biography stubs