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] She is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion in the triple jump. 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]
Representing | ||||||
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2003 | CARIFTA Games | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 12.18 m |
2004 | CARIFTA Games | Hamilton, Bermuda | bgcolor=gold | 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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 12.94 m | |
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 15th (q) | Triple jump | 12.81 m (-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 | bgcolor=gold | 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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 14.23 m |
NACAC Under-23 Championships | Miramar, United States | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 14.14m (+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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 14.21 m | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 14.45 m | ||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | Triple jump | 14.53 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 10th | Triple jump | 14.01 m | |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.48 m |
Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 14.64 m | |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 4th | Triple jump | 14.15 m | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | Triple jump | 14.64 m | ||
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | Triple jump | 14.51 m | |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Triple jump | 14.62 m | |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 7th | Triple jump | 14.29 m | ||
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | Triple jump | 14.38 m | |
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | Triple jump | 14.07 m | |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 20th (q) | Triple jump | 13.77 m |
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