Desai Williams

Desai Williams (born June 12, 1959[1] in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis) is a former sprinter from Canada, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984.

Desai Williams
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh 4×100 m relay
1982 Brisbane 4×100 m relay
Universiade
1983 Edmonton 100 metres
1983 Edmonton 4 x 100 m relay
Pacific Conference Games
1981 Christchurch 4x100 m relay
1981 Christchurch 100 metres
1981 Christchurch 200 metres
Representing Americas
World Cup
1985 Canberra4x100 m relay

Competing at the two first World Championships, where he reached the semi-final (1983 and 1987), he set his personal best 200 metres time with 20.29 s in 1983 and his 100 metres personal best time of 10.11 s from a 6th-place finish at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Williams trained with the Scarborough Optimists Track Club, which was affiliated with the Ben Johnson scandal. Club coach Charlie Francis, working with Dr. Jamie Astaphan, had supplied performance-enhancing drugs to Johnson, Williams, Tony Sharpe, Angella Taylor, Mark McKoy and others.

Williams formerly worked as the speed coach for the Toronto Argonauts and was one of the most respected sprint coaches in eastern Canada, training Olympic athletes Tremaine Harris, Phylicia George and Justyn Warner, among others.

Williams was fired as a coach by Athletics Canada in 2015. A probe found that Williams had violated the organization's sexual harassment policy while a coach in 2010. In 2018, he was handed a life time ban by Athletics Canada.[2][3][4]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1983 World Championships Helsinki 6th (sf) 200 m 20.71 wind +3.4
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See also

References
  1. "Desai Williams - Olympic". Olympic.org.
  2. "Athletics Canada hands lifetime ban to former sprinter Desai Williams". CBC. October 3, 2018.
  3. "Canada losing ground on abuse, harassment reporting in sports: study". CBC. November 7, 2018.
  4. Ewing, Lori (November 7, 2018). "Canada falling behind in sports-related abuse and harassment reporting: study". Global News.

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