Delano Williams
Delano Williams 
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 Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom
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| birthday | 23rd December 1993 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | sprint | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best performance | 10.28 s ( 100 m ) 20.27 s ( 200 m ) 45.42 s ( 400 m ) |
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| Trainer | Neil Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: August 31, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
Delano Williams (born December 23, 1993 ) is a sprinter from the Turks and Caicos Islands .
Life
Delano Williams grew up on Grand Turk Island as the son of a native of the island and a Haitian . In 2008 he moved to Jamaica - leaving his mother and sister behind - after Hurricane Ike destroyed his school and lacked educational opportunities. He now began to attend Munro College in Saint Elizabeth Parish and to train for the sprint distances under his teacher Neil Harrison. In 2010 he took part in the Junior World Championships in Moncton, where he reached the semi-finals over the 100-meter distance as well as the 200-meter distance. In 2011 he set his new best performances of 10.51 s over 100 meters and 20.73 s over 200 meters at the CARIFTA Junior Games in Montego Bay. He won the gold medal over the latter route.
It then attracted worldwide attention in 2012. First it was able to increase to 10.34 s and 20.53 s at the beginning of the year, before winning gold over 200 meters at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona . Meanwhile, he strove to participate in the Olympic Games in London . Since he would not be admitted as a representative of the Turks and Caicos Islands , as his homeland is not recognized by the IOC , he applied for a British passport, which he also received as a citizen of a British overseas territory . At the Olympic Trials he only finished seventh and was therefore unable to qualify for the Olympics.
When he started the season with the Gibson Relays in February 2013, a time of 44.80 s was measured for his run in the 4 × 400 m relay . On March 16, he even set the provisional world annual best in Kingston with 20.27 s. The next day he also improved over 100 meters with now 10.28 s. At the British Championships in July, he was third over 200 meters with 20.58 s. On July 26th, he started in London for the first time at a Diamond League meeting . After 20.74 s he finished ninth. At the World Championships in Moscow he started again for Great Britain and made it to the semifinals, where he was eliminated with 20.61 s. In 2015 he won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing with his country's 4 × 400 m relay, as well as at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam .
Web links
- Delano Williams in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ dailymail.co.uk: Williams: I slept through Hurricane Ike so I won't be troubled by a storm over my passport ; April 7, 2012
- ↑ iaaf.org: Williams the wanderer creates a bit of wonder at the World Juniors ; July 14, 2012
- ↑ telegraph.co.uk: London 2012 Olympics: Turks and Caicos sprint sensation Delano Williams becomes latest Team GB recruit ; April 3, 2012
- ↑ britishathletics.org.uk: Olympic Trials 2012: 200 meter final ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ jamaicaobserver.com: Munro's Delano Williams clock's world leading 20:27 in 200m ; March 16, 2013
- ↑ jamaicaobserver.com: Weir wins London Diamond League 200m in 19.89 ; July 27, 2013 (accessed July 29, 2013)
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| SURNAME | Williams, Delano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grand Turk Island |