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 edit
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 edit
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Great Britain and England | |||||
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 |
1No mark in the final
Personal bests edit
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)
References edit
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ Power of 10 profile
- ^ Barrington Williams at World Athletics
- ^ "Never on Sundays?". www.veritesport.org. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.