Danielle Williams

Danielle Williams

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1992-09-14) 14 September 1992 St. Andrew, Jamaica[1]
Education	Johnson C. Smith University[2]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres hurdles
Medal record World Championships 2015 Beijing 100 m hurdles

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
Representing  Jamaica
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 (wind: +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 hurdles	DNF

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