Angela Williams
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Medal record | |||
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Women's athletics | |||
World Championships | |||
Silver | 2003 Paris | 4x100 m relay | |
World Indoor Championships | |||
Gold | 2008 Valencia | 60 m |
Angela Williams (born 30 January 1980 in Bellflower, California) is an American athlete.
Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a silver medal in the 60 metres competition at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She later repeated the event at the 2003 Indoor Championships. At the 2003 World Championships in Athletics she won silver in the 4 x 100 m relay, along with teammates Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Torri Edwards. Williams also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the American team easily winning in the first heat but not being able to finish in the final. In 2002, Angela Williams became the first person to win four consecutive individual collegiate titles in the 100m. In 1999, she won in 11.04 at the age of 19. In 2000, she clocked 11.12, 11.05w in 2001 and 11.29 in 2002.
[edit] References
- Angela Williams' US Olympic Team bio
- IAAF profile for Angela Williams