Barrington Williams
Barrington Chester Williams (born 11 September 1955) is a male retired English sprinter and long jumper.[3]
Personal information | |
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Born | Jamaica[1] | 11 September 1955
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 metres, long jump |
Club | Cannock Chase & Stafford Wolverhampton & Bilston |
Coached by | Allan Jones (1989)[2] |
Athletics career
Williams represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres instead of his preferred long jump because the schedule would force him to compete on a Sunday which was against his religious convictions.[4] He represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand [5][6] and four years later represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[7][8][9]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 9th (sf) | 60 m | 6.68 |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 37th (qf) | 100 m | 10.55 | |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 6th (q) | Long jump | 7.75 m1 |
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 11th | Long jump | 7.67 m |
1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 14th (q) | Long jump | 7.53 m |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 19th (q) | Long jump | 7.69 m |
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Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.34 (+1.3 m/s, Birmingham 1988)
- Long jump – 8.01 (-0.2 m/s, Birmingham 1989)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.65 (Vittel 1988)
- 200 metres – 21.95 (Birmingham 1998)
- Long jump – 8.05 (Cosford 1989)
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References
- Sports-Reference profile
- Power of 10 profile
- Barrington Williams at World Athletics
- Never on Sundays?
- "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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