Christopher_Williams_(athlete)

Christopher Williams (sprinter)

Christopher Williams (sprinter)

Jamaican sprinter

Christopher Williams (born 15 March 1972 in Mandeville) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.[1]

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Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals of the 200m on all occasions. He was on the bronze medal-winning 4 x 400 metre relay team at the 2000 Olympics. He finished seventh in the 200m final at the 2007 World Championships.

Williams represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed third in his first round heat after Brian Dzingai and Christian Malcolm in a time of 20.53 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.28 seconds and placed third again, this time after Dzingai and Walter Dix. He ran his semi final race in 20.45 seconds and placed sixth, which was not enough to make it to the Olympic final.[1] Married to Cherilyn Williams

Achievements

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Athlete biography: Christopher Williams". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
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    The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
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