Jillian Camarena-Williams

Jillian Camarena-Williams (Jillian Mary "Jill" Camarena-Williams; born 2 March 1982) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. She competed at the 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.[2] 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.[3]

Camarena grew up in California and did her undergraduate work at Stanford University. She began graduate studies at Brigham Young University (BYU), but has suspended them for the time being to participate in the Olympics. Camarena is a Latter-day Saint.

Born in Woodland, California, she is listed at 5 foot 10 inches tall and 250 lbs.[2] She did her undergraduate work at Stanford University and, being a Latter-day Saint, went for graduate studies at Brigham Young University.[4] Camarena-Williams married her physiotherapist, Dustin Williams, in 2010.[5]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
1999 Pan American Junior Championships Tampa United States 1st Shot put
2001 Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 1st Shot put
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 7th Shot put
World Cup Athens, Greece 6th
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 10th (qualifiers) Shot put
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 14th (qualifiers) Shot put
Olympic Games Beijing, China 12th Shot put
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 12th (qualifiers) Shot put
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 6th Shot put
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 3rd Shot put

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