Danielle Williams
Jamaican hurdler and athletics competitor

Danielle Williams

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Jamaican hurdler and athletics competitor
A.K.A.
Danielle Gracia Williams
Gender:
Female
Places:
Jamaica
Is:
AthleteHurdler
Work field:
Sports
Birth:
14 September 1992(Saint Andrew, Surrey County, Jamaica)
Star sign:
Virgo
Family:
Siblings:
Shermaine Williams
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Danielle Gracia Williams (born 14 September 1992) is a Jamaican track and field athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. 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 12.32 seconds in the [100 metres hurdles] 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
Representing  Jamaica
2010 CARIFTA Games (U20) George Town, Cayman Islands 4th 100 m 11.72
3rd 4 × 100 m 45.69
Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U20) Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 1st 100 m H 14.11
1st 4 × 100 m 45.03
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 4th 100 m H 13.46
4th 4 × 100 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
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 100 m H 12.47

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 – 12.32 (−0.3 m/s) (London 2019)

Indoor

  • 60 metres – 7.32 (Winston-Salem 2014)
  • 200 metres – 23.43 (Birmingham, USA 2013)
  • 60 metres hurdles – 8.02 (State College 2015)