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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1997 Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.01 (Queretaro, Mexico) 200 m: 20.62 (Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Waseem Williams (born 8 January 1997) is a Jamaican sprinter from Kingston, Jamaica specializing in the 100m and 200m. Williams attended Jamaica College before going on to compete for Purdue University. [1] [2]
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Trevion Lamon Williams is an American professional basketball player for Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga. Williams played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference.
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