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Sada Williams (SHAH-day;[3] born 1 December 1997)[4] 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 gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships but did not reach the semifinals.

Williams competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[5]

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.[6] About two weeks later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds.[7] 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.[4]

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
2nd 400 m 52.75
2016 CARIFTA Games (U20) St. George’s, Grenada 1st 200 m 22.72 (w)
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
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
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 400 m 49.60
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 7th 400 m 49.83
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 13th (sf) 400 m 50.39

1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ “2015 Pan Am Games bio”. Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. ^ a b Dennehy, Cathal (2022-09-27). “After breakthrough season, Barbadian sprinter Williams is blazing a trail”. World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  3. ^ “Sada Williams of Barbados 400m World Championship Bronze in 49.75, now Commonwealth Games Champion”. YouTube. 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  4. ^ a b “Sada WILLIAMS – Athlete Profile”. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  5. ^ “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.
  6. ^ “Miller-Uibo claims elusive World champs gold – shock bronze for Barbados’ Sada Williams”. SportsMax.tv. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. ^ Detailed Results – Women’s 400m, 9 August 2022