Sada Williams Explained

Sada Williams
Birth Date:	1 December 1997
Birth Place:	Saint Philip, Barbados
Height:	1.78 m
Weight:	53 kg^[1]
Country:	Barbados
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	200 metres, 400 metres
Club:	MVP Track Club (2018–)
Coach:	Stephen Francis (2018–)^[2]

Sada Williams (;^[3] born 1 December 1997)^[4] is a Barbadian sprinter competing primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Williams took gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships but did not reach the semifinals.

Williams competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[5]

She had a breakthrough 2022 season, finishing third in the 400 m at the World Championships Eugene 2022 in July. She improved her own national record to 49.75 seconds, coming home only behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo (49.11 s) and Marileidy Paulino, who ran a time of 49.60 s.^[6] About two weeks later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds. She continued her fine season in August by claiming silver behind only Miller-Uibo (49.40 s) at the NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, with a time of 49.86 seconds.

International competitions

2014	CARIFTA Games (U18)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	23.43
			bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	53.39
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.90
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	23rd (sf)	200 m	24.37
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	8th	400 m	54.93
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	7th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.72¹
	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	200 m	23.49
	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	52.75
2016	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	bgcolor=gold	1st	200 m	22.72
	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	52.07
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd (sf)	200 m	23.35²
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	30th (h)	200 m	23.55
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	6th	400 m	52.25
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	10th (sf)	400 m	51.31
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	9th (sf)	400 m	50.11
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	13th (h)	400 m	52.65
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	3rd	400 m
	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, England	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m
	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	49.86
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	400 m	49.60
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	400 m	49.83

¹Disqualified in the final
²Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

100 metres – 11.66 (0.0 m/s, St. Michael 2017)
200 metres – 22.59 (+1.5 m/s, Spanish Town 2024)
400 metres – 49.58 (Budapest 2023)

Notes and References

Web site: 2015 Pan Am Games bio . 2017-08-09 . 2015-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150805080303/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n10174835-williams-sada.htm . dead .
Web site: Dennehy . Cathal . 2022-09-27 . After breakthrough season, Barbadian sprinter Williams is blazing a trail . 2022-09-27 . World Athletics.
Web site: 2022-07-23 . Sada Williams of Barbados 400m World Championship Bronze in 49.75, now Commonwealth Games Champion . 2023-08-22 . YouTube.
Web site: Sada WILLIAMS – Athlete Profile . . 2021-07-22.
Web site: Athletics WILLIAMS Sada. dead. 2021-08-22. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2021-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007192901/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1410792-williams-sada.htm.
Web site: 2022-07-22 . Miller-Uibo claims elusive World champs gold - shock bronze for Barbados' Sada Williams . 2022-09-28 . SportsMax.tv . en-gb.