Danielle Williams

This article is about the hurdler. For the softball player, see Danielle Williams (softball).

Danielle Williams

Personal information
Full name	Danielle Gracia Williams
Born	(1992-09-14) 14 September 1992 (age 32) St. Andrew, Jamaica [1]
Education	Johnson C. Smith University [2]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	100 metres hurdles
Coached by	Lennox Graham
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m : 11.24 (Pueblo 2013) 100 m H : 12.32 (London 2019) 200 m : 22.62: (Pueblo 2013) Indoors 60 m H : 7.75 (Clemson 2022) 200 m : 23.12 (Clemson 2020)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Jamaica World Championships 2015 Beijing 100 m hurdles 2023 Budapest 100 m hurdles 2019 Doha 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 100 m hurdles Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 100 m hurdles 2013 Kazan 100 m hurdles NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 100 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2011 Miramar 100 m hurdles CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2010 Santo Domingo 100 m hurdles 2010 Santo Domingo 4 × 100 m relay Representing Americas Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 100 m hurdles

Danielle Gracia Williams (born 14 September 1992) is a Jamaican track and field athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles. ^[3] She is best known for winning gold medals at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2023 World Championships. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, won two medals at Summer Universiades, bronze in 2013 and gold in 2015, won silver medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 NACAC Championships, and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships, all in the 100 m hurdles.

Her older sister, Shermaine, is also a hurdler.

Career

In 2013, Williams placed third in the 100 m hurdles at the Summer Universiade. Later that year, she competed at the World Championships in Moscow, where she made the semi-finals. ^[4]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Williams placed fourth in the 100 m hurdles, narrowly missing out on a medal. ^[5]

Williams won gold at the 2015 Summer Universiade with a time of 12.78 s. She followed that up by winning gold at the 2015 World Championships in a new personal best of 12.57 s. ^[6]

In 2017, Williams won the Jamaican Championships in a personal best time of 12.56 s, qualifying her for the World Championships where she made the semi-final. ^[7]

The following year, she competed at the Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, winning a silver medal behind Tobi Amusan. ^[8] In June, Williams finished second at the Stockholm Diamond League in a new personal best of 12.48 s. ^[9] The same month, Williams won the Jamaican Championships in 12.63 s. ^[10] At the 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto, Williams won a silver medal behind Kendra Harrison, clocking a time of 12.67 s. ^[11] Williams won the Continental Cup in September with a time of 12.49 s. ^[12]

Williams recorded her first Diamond League win at the Doha Diamond League in May 2019, running a time of 12.66 s. ^[13] In July, she won the Müller Anniversary Games in a new national record of 12.32 s. ^{[14] [15]} At the Diamond League Final in Brussels, Williams won the 100 m hurdles in 12.46 s. ^[16] She competed at the 2019 World Championships, winning the bronze medal. ^[17]

In 2022, Williams set a new 60 m hurdles personal best of 7.75 s in Clemson. ^[18] She competed at the World Championships in Eugene, finishing sixth. ^[19] The next month, she represented Jamaica at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, also finishing sixth.

Williams finished third at the 2023 Jamaican Championships in 12.82 s, ^[20] to qualify for the 2023 World Championships, where she won gold in a time of 12.43 s. ^{[21] [22]} She continued her good form by winning the Zurich Diamond League on 31 August in 12.54 s. ^[23]

In 2024, Williams finished second behind Ackera Nugent at the Jamaican Championships, qualifiying her for her first Olympics, where she went out in the semi-finals. ^[24] The following year, Williams won the 2025 Kingston Slam on 5-6 April, finishing second in the 100 m hurdles in 12.70 s before winning the 100 m in 11.54 s. ^{[25] [26]} On 26 April, Williams also won at the Xiamen Diamond League in 12.53 s. ^[27] She ran a new personal best of 12.31 s in finishing fourth at the Silesia Diamond League on 16 August. ^[28]

Statistics

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results [29]
Slam	Race group	Event	Pl.	Time	Prize money
2025 Kingston Slam	Short hurdles	100 m hurdles	2nd	12.70	US$100,000
		100 m	1st	11.54
2025 Philadelphia Slam	Short hurdles	100 m hurdles	7th	12.84	US$12,500
		100 m	4th	11.44

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 Caribbean Junior 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 (+0.9 m/s)
			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
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	33rd (h)	60 m H	8.23
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	6th	100 m H	12.44
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	100 m H	12.43 SB
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	16th (sf)	100 m H	12.82

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 – 7.29 (Clemson 2022)
• 200 metres – 23.12 (Clemson 2020)
• 60 metres hurdles – 7.75 (Clemson 2022)

References

1. 2014 CWG profile
2. 2015 WSG profile Archived 19 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Danielle WILLIAMS". worldathletics.org.
4. "100 Metres Hurdles Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
5. "Commonwealth Games: Williams 4th in women's 100m hurdles final". Jamaica Observer . 31 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
6. Dyachkova, Elena (28 August 2015). "Report: women's 100m hurdles final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
7. "100 Metres Hurdles Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
8. "Women's 100m Hurdles Final: Commonwealth Games 2018". Watch Athletics. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
9. Hedman, Jonas; Austin, Carol (10 June 2018). "Four sparkling diamond stadium records!". Diamond League. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
10. "2018 Jamaican Championships - Women's 100m Hurdles - Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
11. Gene, Cherry (12 August 2018). "Harrison's hurdles win leads American parade in Toronto". Euro News. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
12. Ramsak, Bob (8 September 2018). "Report: women's 100m hurdles - IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
13. "2019 Doha Diamond League - Women's 100m Hurdles - Results" (PDF). Diamond League. 3 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
14. Ramsak, Bob (20 July 2019). "Williams blazes 12.32, Warholm improves to 47.12 in London - IAAF Diamond League". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
15. "Danielle Williams sets new 100mH national record in London". Jamaica Observer. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
16. "2019 Brussels Diamond League Women's Recap: Sifan Hassan CRUSHES Field in 5k as Dina Asher-Smith Springs Upset in 100". Letsrun.com. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
17. "DOHA 2019 - Danielle Williams settles for bronze in 100m hurdles final". Jamaica Gleaner. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
18. "Danielle Williams clocks world lead in 60m hurdles". Jamaica Observer. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
19. "100 Metres Hurdles Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
20. "2023 Jamaican Championships - Women's 100m Hurdles - Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
21. Goh, ZK (24 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships 2023: Danielle Williams springs surprise to clinch women's 100m hurdles title, eight years after first world crown". olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
22. Ewing, Lori (24 August 2023). "Jamaican Williams claims second world hurdles title". Reuters. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
23. "Lyles among the victorious world champions in Zurich". World Athletics. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
24. "Results - Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal 1/3" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
25. "Danielle Williams becomes first Jamaican Grand Slam champion". Jamaica Observer. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
26. Juck, Alfonz (7 April 2025). "Jamaica's Danielle Williams Among 3 Challengers to Upset Racer Sweep at Grand Slam Track Opener". TrackAlerts. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
27. Foster, Anthony (26 April 2025). "Danielle Williams Wins, Shericka Jackson Second at Xiamen Diamond League". TrackAlerts. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
28. "2025 Silesia Diamond League - Women's 100m Hurdles - Results" (PDF). Diamond League. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
29. "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track . Retrieved 5 April 2025.

External links

• Danielle Williams at World Athletics
• Danielle Williams at Olympics.com
• Danielle Williams at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Danielle Williams at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
• Danielle Williams at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)