Kimberly Williamson

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Kimberly Williamson
Personal information
Born (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31)
Frankfield, Jamaica [1]
Education Central Arizona College
Kansas State University
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
College team Kansas State Wildcats
Medal record
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham High jump
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima High jump
Pan American Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Miramar High jump
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Santo Domingo High jump
Carifta Games (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Hamilton High jump

Kimberly Williamson (born 2 October 1993) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the high jump. [2] She represented her country in the high jump at the 2017 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, finishing 11th in the latter.

Her personal bests in the event are 1.93 metres outdoors (Nashville 2022) and 1.88 metres indoors (Des Moines 2017). [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 17th (q)High jump1.74 m
2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships Miramar, United States 3rdHigh jump1.80 m
2012 CARIFTA Games (U20) Hamilton, Bermuda 1stHigh jump1.82 m
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships
(U20)
San Salvador, El Salvador 2ndHigh jump1.85 m
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 27th (q)High jump 1.70 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 21st (q)High jump 1.71 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 6thHigh jump 1.88 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 17th (q)High jump 1.89 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rdHigh jump 1.84 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 11thHigh jump 1.89 m
NACAC Championships Freeport, Bahamas 6thHigh jump 1.75 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 28th (q)High jump 1.85 m

References

  1. "Bio for Kim Williamson | Wildcats | Track & Field". kstatesports.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  2. Kimberly Williamson at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Profile of Kimberly WILLIAMSON". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-13.