Jillian Camarena-Williams Explained

Full Name:Jillian Mary Camarena-Williams
Nickname:Jill
Birth Date:2 March 1982
Birth Place:Woodland, California, U.S.
Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot Put
Updated:August 6, 2012

Jillian Mary "Jill" Camarena-Williams (born March 2, 1982) is an American retired track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. She competed at the 2012 and 2008 Beijing Olympics and has represented the United States both indoor and outdoors at World Championship-level.

She took back-to-back titles in the shot put at the Pan American Junior Championships in 1999 and 2001.[1] Domestically, she is a two-time USA Outdoor Champion in the shot put, having won in 2006 and 2010. Camarena-Williams set an American indoor record in the shot put to win at the 2011 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a mark of 19.87 meters to improve upon Ramona Pagel's record which had stood since 1987.[2]

Born in Woodland, California, she is listed at 5 foot 10 inches tall and 250 lbs.[3] She did her undergraduate work at Stanford University and graduate studies at Brigham Young University. She is a Latter-day Saint.[4] Camarena-Williams married her physiotherapist, Dustin Williams, in 2010.[5] On July 29, 2016 - Camarena-Williams announced the four city team challenge at Track Town, USA in Eugene, Oregon on ESPN was her final competition.[6] [7]

Doping ban

In October 2013, Camarena-Williams was hit with a six-month suspension from the US Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for clomiphene. The substance was discovered in an out-of-competition test conducted on July 1. The punishment was implemented retrospectively, meaning she was cleared to compete again on January 1, 2014.[8]

Achievements

1999Pan American Junior ChampionshipsTampa, United States bgcolor=gold1stShot put
2001Pan American Junior Championshipsbgcolor=gold1stShot put
20067thShot put
6thShot put
2007World Championships10th (qualifiers)Shot put
2008World Indoor Championships14th (qualifiers)Shot put
Beijing, China12thShot put
2009World Championships12th (qualifiers)Shot put
2010World Indoor Championships6thShot put
Annecy, Francebgcolor=gold1stShot put
2011World Championshipsbgcolor=silver2ndShot put
Nice, Francebgcolor=gold1stShot put
2012World Indoor Championships3rdShot put
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom16th (qualifiers)Shot put
2015Pan American GamesToronto, Ontario, Canadabgcolor=silver2ndShot put
NACAC ChampionshipsSan Jose, Costa Ricabgcolor=gold1stShot put

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/paj.htm Pan American Junior Championships
  2. Lee, Kirby (2011-02-28). National records for Camarena-Williams and Suhr top seven world leads in Albuquerque – USA indoor champs WRAP. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.
  3. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Camarena_Jillian.asp Jillian Camarena
  4. https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2008-08-02/all-the-way-back-and-on-to-beijing-32162 "All the way back and on to Beijing"
  5. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/81/87/20100904091751_httppostedfile_sep5women_22156.pdf Continental Cup Biographical Summaries – Camarena-Williams, Jill
  6. Web site: Interview with ESPN announcing her last competition . ESPN . July 29, 2016. November 9, 2016.
  7. Jillian confirming her announcement after the interview with ESPN announcing her last competition . . Jilly_Willy24 . 759286811592122368 . July 30, 2016 . November 9, 2016.
  8. https://archive.today/20131005030916/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/usada-suspends-shot-putter-jillian-camarena-williams-6-months-for-positive-test/2013/10/04/c82c4212-2d40-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html USADA suspends shot putter Jillian Camarena-Williams 6 months for positive test