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Sada Williams

Sada Williams

Barbadian sprinter (born 1997)

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 a gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships without reaching 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

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1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

References

  1. [1]
    "2015 Pan Am Games bio". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. [2]
    Dennehy, Cathal (2022-09-27). "After breakthrough season, Barbadian sprinter Williams is blazing a trail". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  3. [3]
    "Sada Williams of Barbados 400m World Championship Bronze in 49.75, now Commonwealth Games Champion". YouTube. 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  4. [4]
    "Sada WILLIAMS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  5. [5]
    "Athletics WILLIAMS Sada". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  6. [6]
    "Miller-Uibo claims elusive World champs gold - shock bronze for Barbados' Sada Williams". SportsMax.tv. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. [7]
    Detailed Results - Women's 400m, 9 August 2022
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