Kimberly Williams (athlete)

Kimberly Williams

Personal information
Born (1988-11-03) November 3, 1988
Saint Thomas, Jamaica
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country  Jamaica
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Triple jump
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
2014 Sopot Triple jump

Kimberly Williams (born 3 November 1988) is a Jamaican triple jumper. She is a multiple time Jamaican National Champion.[1] She was successful as a youth athlete, winning the 2003 CARIFTA Games (under 17 division) as a 14 year old. She was runner up at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Later, she jumped for Florida State University and was a four time NCAA Champion. By the time she graduated in 2012, she was "the most decorated women's track and field athlete in Florida State history."[2] Since then she is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion. She was a finalist in the 2016 Olympics, ranking as high as 4th after two rounds of jumping, ultimately finishing seventh.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2003 CARIFTA Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st Triple jump 12.18 m
2004 CARIFTA Games Hamilton, Bermuda 1st Triple jump 12.53 m
2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad 2nd Triple jump 12.47 m
CARIFTA Games Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 1st Triple jump 12.94 m
World Junior Championships Beijing, China 15th (q) Triple jump 12.81 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2007 Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 2nd Triple jump 13.38 m
CARIFTA Games Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands 1st Triple jump 12.85 m
2nd Long jump 6.15 m
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 3rd Triple jump 13.78 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 15 (q) Triple jump 14.08 m
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st Triple jump 14.23 m
NACAC Under-23 Championships Miramar, United States 1st Triple jump 14.14m (wind: 3.1 m/s) w
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 14th (q) Triple jump 14.06 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th Triple jump 14.27 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 4th Triple jump 14.62 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 3rd Triple jump 14.39 m
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st Triple jump 14.21 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 5th Triple jump 14.45 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Triple jump 14.53 m

References

  1. ↑ "#NatlTrials: Kimberly Williams defends national triple jump title". JamaicaObserver.com. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Kimberly Williams". Fsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-26.


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