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Briana Nichole Williams (born March 21, 2002) is an American-born sprinter competing for Jamaica in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She became the youngest athlete to win the women's 100 metres and 200 metres double at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships in Tampere at age 16.

Briana Williams

Personal information
Full name	Briana Nichole Williams
Nationality	American and Jamaican[1]
Born	(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 20) Miami, Florida, U.S.[2][1]
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprints
Club	Born 2 Do It[3]
Turned pro	2020[4]
Coached by	Ato Boldon[1][5]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.94 (2022) 200 m: 22.50 (2018)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay World Championships 2022 Eugene 4×100 m relay World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 100 m 2018 Tampere 200 m Pan American U20 Championships 2019 San José 100 m 2019 San José 4×100 m relay NACAC U18 Championships 2019 Queretaro 100 m

She holds the girls' 100 metres age-15 world record with a time of 11.13 seconds, set in March 2018. She is the Jamaican under-18 and under-20 record holder in the women's 200 metres, and was Jamaica"s under-18 and under-20 record holder in the women's 100 metres with personal bests of 22.50 seconds and 10.97 seconds respectively.[6][7][8][9]

Athletics career

2018

On March 17 at the Bob Hayes Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida, Williams broke the world age-15 record in the girls' 100 metres, winning in a time of 11.13 seconds. The previous record had been 11.17 seconds, set almost 27 years prior by Marion Jones on 1 June 1991.[6][7]

Two weeks later she earned gold medals in the 100 metres, the 200 metres, and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 CARIFTA Games in the under-17 category, setting championship records in the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.[10][11][12]

In July she became the youngest athlete ever to win both the women's 100 metres and the 200 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere.[13][5][14]

2019

At the 2019 CARIFTA Games in April, Williams again tripled in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 × 100 m relay to win three gold medals in the under-20 category.[15][16]

On 1 June, Williams set a new Jamaican under-18 and under-20 record in the women's 100 metres at the JAC Open in Jacksonville, Florida, improving on Kiara Grant's under-20 record set the month prior by one hundredth of a second to 11.10 seconds.[8] Grant took the record back a week later at the NCAA Division I Championships in Austin, Texas with a 11.04 seconds finish in the final, but less than an hour later Williams improved the record to 11.02 seconds at the Great Southwest Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[9]

Williams ran 10.94 s in the 100 m final at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have set the world under-18 best time and improved her Jamaican under-20 record.[17][18][19][20] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. While she was ruled to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, her results from the Jamaican Championships were deleted from the records.[21][22][23]

2021

Williams improved her official Jamaican under-20 record of 11.02 seconds in the women's 100 metres at the JAC Summer Open in Jacksonville, Florida on 30 May, clocking 11.19 seconds in the prelims and then winning the final in 11.01 seconds.[24] A day later in the American Track League at the same track she ran 10.97 in the prelims, but the time was assisted by a +2.5 m/s wind, making it ineligible for record purposes which allow no more than a +2.0 m/s wind velocity. In the final she clocked 10.98 seconds to win with only a +1.0 m/s wind, setting her second Jamaican under-20 record in two days.[25] In June 2021, Williams placed fourth at the Jamaican National Championships with a time of 11.01 in the 100 metres, thus not qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in that event.[23] However, she competed at the Olympics as a part of the 4 x 100 metres relay team, winning the gold medal.

Awards and recognition

Williams earned the Austin Sealy award at the CARIFTA Games in 2018 and then 2019 for her records set and gold medals earned in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay in both editions. She was the first Jamaican athlete to win the award two years in a row since Usain Bolt in 2004.[10][11][12][15][16]

For her athletics achievements in 2018 she was nominated for the IAAF Female Rising Star and the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year awards.[26][27][28]

Statistics

• Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[23]

Personal bests

Event	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Venue	Date	Notes
60 m	7.15	-1.1	Kingston, Jamaica	25 January 2020	Jamaican under-20 record
Indoor 60 m	7.04	—	Belgrade, Serbia	18 March 2022	Indoor Jamaican under-20 record
100 m	10.97	+1.2	Miramar, Florida, U.S.	5 June 2021	Jamaican under-20 record[note 1]
	10.93 w	+3.6	Miramar, Florida, U.S.	5 June 2021	Wind-assisted
200 m	22.50	−0.1	Tampere, Finland	14 July 2018	Jamaican under-18 and under-20 record[13][5][14]
4×100 m relay	41.02	—	Tokyo, Japan	6 August 2021	Jamaican national record, 2nd all-time[29]

International championship results

• CR = championship record
• PB = personal best
• SB = seasonal best
• NU20R = national (Jamaican) under-20 record
• NU18R = national under-18 record

Representing  Jamaica

Year	Competition	Position	Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Venue	Notes
2017	CARIFTA Games (U18)	3rd	100 m	11.80	−1.6	Willemstad, Curaçao
2018	CARIFTA Games (U17)	1st	100 m	11.27	+1.6	Nassau, Bahamas	CR[30][11]
		1st	200 m	23.11	+1.1		PB
		1st	4×100 m relay	44.95	—		CR, PB[10][11]
	World U20 Championships	1st	100 m	11.16	0.0	Tampere, Finland
		1st	200 m	22.50	−0.1		NU20R, NU18R, CR[13][5][14]
2019	CARIFTA Games (U20)	1st	100 m	11.25	+0.3	Georgetown, Cayman Islands	SB
		1st	200 m	22.89	+0.9		SB
		1st	4×100 m relay	44.25	—		PB
	NACAC U18 Championships	1st	100 m	11.11	+1.5	Querétaro, Mexico	CR
	Pan American U20 Championships	1st	100 m	11.38	−1.4	San José, Costa Rica
		2nd	4×100 m relay	44.36	—
2021	Olympic Games	1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.02	—	Tokyo, Japan	NR
2022	World Indoor Championships	6th	60 m	7.04	—	Belgrade, Serbia

National championship results

• PB = personal best
• DQ = disqualified

Year	Competition	Position	Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Venue	Notes
2017	Jamaican Under-20 Championships	2nd	100 m	11.30	+1.6	Kingston, Jamaica	PB
		2nd	200 m	23.57	+0.5		PB
2018	Jamaican Championships	5th	100 m	11.21	+0.4	Kingston, Jamaica
2019	Jamaican Championships	3rd DQ	100 m	10.94	+0.6	Kingston, Jamaica	[note 1][17][18][19]
2021	Jamaican Championships	4th	100 m	11.01	-	Kingston, Jamaica

Seasonal bests

• w = wind-assisted (over +2.0 m/s)

Year	100 metres	200 metres
2014	13.25	—
2015	12.09	24.79
2016	12.58	26.16
2017	11.30	23.56
2018	11.13	22.50
2019	11.02[note 1]	22.88
2020	12.43	24.70
2021	10.97	22.93 w
2022	11.03	22.81

Notes

References

https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/i-gave-it-my-all-tonight-says-brianna-after-4th-jamaica-trials

External links

• Briana Williams at World Athletics

На других языках

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- [en] Briana Williams

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[it] Briana Williams

Briana Nichole Williams (Coral Springs, 21 marzo 2002[1]) è una velocista giamaicana.

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[ru] Уильямс, Бриана

Бриана Николь Уильямс (англ. Briana Nichole Williams ; род. 21 марта 2002[1], Майами, Флорида) — ямайская легкоатлетка, чемпионка летних Олипийских игр 2020 в Токио в эстафете 4×100 метров.

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