Nikaoli Williams

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Nikaoli Williams
Personal information
Born (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 8.16m (2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
NACAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Freeport Long jump

Nikaoli Williams (born 7 October 2000) is a Jamaican long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2025 NACAC Championships. [1]

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Early life

He attended Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica, before later studying at the University of Oklahoma in the United States. [2]

Career

He won the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in February 2023, with a jump of 7.73 metres whilst competing for the University of Oklahoma. [3] He subsequently competed at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and had a placing of eleventh overall. [4] In May, he also won the 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a jump of 7.80 metres in Oklahoma. [5]

He qualified for the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a third place finish in his regional championships. [2] He then placed eighth overall in the final of the Championships with a best jump of 7.76 metres. [6] Earlier that year he had also made appearance at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, but had failed to achieve a legal jump. [4]

He jumped 7.89 metres to finish second in the men’s long jump at the South-East Conference indoor championships at Texas in February 2025, whilst competing for the University of Oklahoma. [7] He was then runner-up to Kelsey Daniel at the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach with a jump of 7.96 metres. [8] [4]

In June 2025, he placed third overall at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston, with a jump of 7.82 metres. [9] In August 2025, he won the gold medal in the long jump at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas with a jump of 8.16 metres. [10] [11] This came after he was a late replacement into the Jamaican team for Carey McLeod. [12] He was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [13]

References

  1. "Nikaoli Williams". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Jamaicans move on to NCAA national finals". Jamaica Gleaner. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  3. "Julien Alfred, Kevona Davis in 60m final at Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships". Track Alerts. 25 Feb 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nikaoli Williams takes second in men's indoor long jump". Jamaica Observer. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  5. "Smith completes Big 12 jumps double". Jamaica Observer. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  6. "Pinnock fifth at NCAA championships". Jamaica Star. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. "Williams second in SEC men's long jump". Jamaica Observer. 27 Feb 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  8. "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  9. "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  10. "Taylor breaks national 800m record at NACAC Senior Championships". Radio Jamaica News Online. August 16, 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  11. "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  12. "JAAA makes changes to NACAC team". Jamaica Gleaner. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  13. "JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.