Kimberly Williams (triple jumper)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Saint Thomas, Jamaica | 3 November 1988
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
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Country | Jamaica |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 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.
International competitions
Personal bests
Outdoor
- Long jump – 6.42 (+1.1 m/s, Tallahassee 2009)
- Triple jump – 14.62 (+0.6 m/s, Moscow 2013)
Indoor
- Long jump – 6.55 (Blacksburg 2011)
- Triple jump – 14.48 (Birmingham 2018)
References
- ^ "#NatlTrials: Kimberly Williams defends national triple jump title". JamaicaObserver.com. 2016-07-03. Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Kimberly Williams". Fsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
External links
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Jamaican female triple jumpers
- People from Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs