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Sada Williams
	Williams at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born	1 December 1997 (age 26); Saint Philip, Barbados
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Barbados
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
Club	MVP Track Club (2018–)
Coached by	Stephen Francis (2018–)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 11.66 (2017); 200 m: 22.61 NR (2016); 400 m: 49.75 NR (2022);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Barbados
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
NACAC Championships

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Sada Williams (born 1 December 1997)^[3] 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.^[2] Williams took a gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships without reaching the semifinals.

Williams competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[4]

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.^[5] About two weeks later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds.^[6] 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.^[3]

International competitions

Representing Barbados
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2014	CARIFTA Games (U18)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	2nd	200 m	23.43
			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	2nd	400 m	52.75
2016	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	1st	200 m	22.72 (w)
	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	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	49.75 NR
	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, England	1st	400 m	49.90 GR
	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	2nd	400 m	49.86

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 – 22.61 (+1.6 m/s, St. Michael 2016) NR
400 metres – 49.58(Budapest, HU 2023) NR

References

^ "2015 Pan Am Games bio". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
^ ^a ^b Dennehy, Cathal (2022-09-27). "After breakthrough season, Barbadian sprinter Williams is blazing a trail". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
^ ^a ^b "Sada WILLIAMS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
^ "Athletics WILLIAMS Sada". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
^ "Miller-Uibo claims elusive World champs gold - shock bronze for Barbados' Sada Williams". SportsMax.tv. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
^ Detailed Results - Women's 400m, 9 August 2022

External links

Sada Williams at World Athletics
Sada Williams at Olympedia

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[1] "2015 Pan Am Games bio". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-09.

[WA2022feature-2] Dennehy, Cathal (2022-09-27). "After breakthrough season, Barbadian sprinter Williams is blazing a trail". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-09-27.

[WAprofile-3] "Sada WILLIAMS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-22.

[4] "Athletics WILLIAMS Sada". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

[5] "Miller-Uibo claims elusive World champs gold - shock bronze for Barbados' Sada Williams". SportsMax.tv. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

[6] Detailed Results - Women's 400m, 9 August 2022

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 * [[100 metres]] – 11.66 (0.0&nbsp;m/s, [[Saint Michael, Barbados|St. Michael]] 2017)
 * [[200 metres]] – 22.61 (+1.6&nbsp;m/s, [[Saint Michael, Barbados|St. Michael]] 2016) '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Barbadian}}'''
-* [[400 metres]] – 49.75 ([[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene, OR]] 2022) '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Barbadian}}'''
+* [[400 metres]] – 49.58([[Budapest, Hungary|Budapest, HU]] 2023) '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Barbadian}}'''
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