Christopher Williams (sprinter)

Christopher Williams

Williams in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1972-03-15) 15 March 1972 (age 53) Mandeville, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay World Championships 2001 Edmonton 200 m 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 200m 1999 Winnipeg 4×100m CAC Championships 1999 Bridgetown 200 m 2003 St George's 200 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador 200 m

Christopher Williams (born 15 March 1972) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. ^[1]

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	200 metres
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	3rd	4 × 100 m relay
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	4th	200 metres
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	200 metres
			2nd [2]	4 × 400 m relay
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	200 metres	21.04 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	200 metres
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	3rd	200 metres
2005	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	200 metres
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	200 metres

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

1. "Athlete biography: Christopher Williams". Beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
2. 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.

External links

• Christopher Williams at World Athletics
• Christopher Williams at Olympics.com
• Christopher Williams at Olympedia