Kimberly Williams (triple jumper) explained

Kimberly Williams
Birth Date:3 November 1988
Birth Place:Saint Thomas, Jamaica
Height:1.70 m
Weight:61 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Collegeteam:Florida State Seminoles

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.

She represented Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

International competitions

Representing
2003CARIFTA GamesPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobagobgcolor=gold1stTriple jump12.18 m
2004CARIFTA GamesHamilton, Bermudabgcolor=gold1stTriple jump12.53 m
2006Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U-20)		Port of Spain, Trinidad2ndTriple jump12.47 m
CARIFTA GamesLes Abymes, Guadeloupebgcolor=gold1stTriple jump12.94 m
World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (q)Triple jump12.81 m (-0.2 m/s)
2007Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2ndTriple jump13.38 m
CARIFTA GamesProvidenciales, Turks and Caicos Islandsbgcolor=gold1stTriple jump12.85 m
2ndLong jump6.15 m
2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba3rdTriple jump13.78 m
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany15 (q)Triple jump14.08 m
2010Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Ricobgcolor=gold1stTriple jump14.23 m
NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsMiramar, United Statesbgcolor=gold1stTriple jump14.14m (+3.1 m/s) w
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th (q)Triple jump14.06 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5thTriple jump14.27 m
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia4thTriple jump14.62 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland3rdTriple jump14.39 m
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdombgcolor=gold1stTriple jump14.21 m
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China5th14.45 m
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7thTriple jump14.53 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10thTriple jump14.01 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdombgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump14.48 m
Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australiabgcolor=gold1stTriple jump14.64 m
2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru4thTriple jump14.15 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4thTriple jump14.64 m
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan8thTriple jump14.51 m
2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdTriple jump14.62 m
World ChampionshipsEugene, United States7thTriple jump14.29 m
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7thTriple jump14.38 m
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7thTriple jump14.07 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Notes and References

  1. Web site: #NatlTrials: Kimberly Williams defends national triple jump title . JamaicaObserver.com . 2016-07-03 . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305014554/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/-NatlTrials--Kimberly-Williams-defends-national-triple-jump-title . 2017-03-05 . dead .
  2. Web site: Kimberly Williams . Fsu.edu . 2016-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002756/https://www.fsu.edu/profiles/williams_k/ . 2017-03-05 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2021-06-30. Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo. 2021-07-18. jamaica-gleaner.com. en.

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