| Sport | Track and field |
|---|---|
| Birth date | May 28, 1979 (age 47) |
| Birth place | St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda |
Sonia Olivia Williams (born May 28, 1979)[1] is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Antigua and Barbuda.[2][3]
Williams competed for the Barton Cougars track and field team in the NJCAA before transferring to Texas Christian University to compete for the TCU Horned Frogs track and field team in the NCAA.[4][5]
Williams was born in St. Johns, and represented Antigua and Barbuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed sixth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time of 12.04 seconds.[2]
International competitions
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 8th | 200 m | 24.71 |
| CAC Junior Championships (U-17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 7th | 100 m | 11.9 (−0.4 m/s) | |
| 7th | 200 m | 25.5 (−2.3 m/s) | |||
| 1995 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 100 m | 11.76 (0.2 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.99 (0.2 m/s) | |||
| 1996 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 4th | 100 m | 11.53 (0.9 m/s) |
| 4th | 200 m | 24.49 (−4.4 m/s) | |||
| CAC Junior Championships (U-20) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 100 m | 11.49 (0.7 m/s) | |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.96 (0.6 m/s) | |||
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | — | 4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | |
| 6th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:44.98 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 7th (sf) | 100m | 11.67 | |
| 25th (qf) | 200m | 24.87 (wind: -1.2 m/s) | |||
| 1997 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3rd | 100 m | 11.83 (0.0 m/s) |
| 1998 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 5th | 100 m | 11.68 |
| 5th | 200 m | 24.08 w (2.4 m/s) | |||
| CAC Junior Championships (U-20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 3rd | 100 m | 11.68 (0.7 m/s) | |
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.86 (0.7 m/s) | |||
| World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 7th (sf) | 100 m | 11.70 (wind: +1.1 m/s) | |
| 30th (qf) | 200 m | 24.79 (wind: +0.7 m/s) | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 10th (h) | 100 m | 11.62 | |
| 10th (h) | 200 m | 24.35 | |||
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 8th (sf) | 100 m | 12.05 (1.4 m/s) |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th (h) | 100 m | 11.89 w (2.1 m/s) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 6th (h) | 100 m | 12.04 (−1.4 m/s) |
References
- ^ Sonia Williams. Sports-reference. Retrieved on 2014-09-28.
- ^ "Athlete biography: Sonia Williams". beijing2008.cn. Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
- ^ "Sonia Williams", CBS Interactive: College Network – TCU Horned Frogs, retrieved 15 April 2012
- ^ "Six Facility Records Erased at Sooner Indoor Track Meet". soonersports.com
- ^ "TCU Survives First Day of WAC Track Championships". gofrogs.com
