Kimberly Williams (triple jumper)

Kimberly Williams

Kimberly Williams at 2013 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Born	(1988-11-03) 3 November 1988 (age 30) Saint Thomas, Jamaica
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham Triple jump 2014 Sopot Triple jump Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Triple jump 2018 Gold Coast Triple jump

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] Since then she is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion. She was a finalist in the 2016 Olympics, ranking as high as 4th after two rounds of jumping, ultimately finishing seventh.

Contents

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  1 International competitions
  


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  2 Personal bests
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2003	CARIFTA Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Triple jump	12.18 m
2004	CARIFTA Games	Hamilton, Bermuda	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	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	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	1st	Triple jump	14.23 m
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, United States	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	1st	Triple jump	14.21 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	5th	Triple jump	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	2nd	Triple jump	14.48 m
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	1st	Triple jump	14.64 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

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  Long jump – 6.42 (+1.1 m/s, Tallahassee 2009)


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  Triple jump – 14.62 (+0.6 m/s, Moscow 2013)

Indoor

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  Long jump – 6.55 (Blacksburg 2011)


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  Triple jump – 14.48 (Birmingham 2018)

References

1. 
   ^ "#NatlTrials: Kimberly Williams defends national triple jump title". JamaicaObserver.com. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-11-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ "Kimberly Williams". Fsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
   

External links

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  Kimberly Williams at IAAF
  

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in women's triple jump
1998–2002: Ashia Hansen (ENG) 2006–2010: Trecia Smith (JAM) 2014–18: Kimberly Williams (JAM)

v t e Central American and Caribbean Games champions in women's triple jump
1993: Niurka Montalvo (CUB) 1998: Yamilé Aldama (CUB) 2002: María Espencer (DOM) 2006: Mabel Gay (CUB) 2010: Kimberly Williams (JAM) 2014–18: Caterine Ibargüen (COL)

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