Trae Williams (sprinter)

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Trae Williams

Personal information
Nickname	Quadzilla
Born	(1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Education	St John's Anglican College, Brisbane
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Men's Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Coached by	Daniel Williams
Achievements and titles
National finals	2017 Athletics Championships: Men's 100 m – Silver 2018 Athletics Championships, Gold Coast: Men's 100 m – Gold
Personal bests	10.1 seconds 2018 National Athletics Championships, Gold Coast): Men's 100 m
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Australia Youth Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing 100 metres

Trae Williams (born 5 May 1997) is an Australian track and field sprinter. Williams is the 2018 Australian men's 100-metre athletic champion, having been the runner-up and first-placed Australian in 2017. He was until 2024 the fifth-fastest Australian of all time with a personal best time of 10.10 seconds achieved on 16 February 2018, after Patrick Johnson (9.93 in 2003), Rohan Browning (10.01 in 2021), Matt Shirvington (10.03 in 1998) and Josh Ross (10.08 in 2007).

Williams made the decision in August, 2020 to switch from athletics to rugby sevens. This was a gamble as it was uncertain whether he would make the Australian Rugby Sevens 2020 Olympics team. He was not part of the squad that went to Tokyo.

Early years

Aged 16 years, Williams won the bronze medal for the 100 metres at the 2014 Nanjing Summer Youth Olympics.

Educated at the St John's Anglican College, Brisbane, Williams played rugby union and rugby league as a schoolboy and considered playing for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League before focussing on a career in athletics.