Danielle Williams

This article is about the hurdler. For the softball player, see Danielle Williams (softball).

Danielle Williams

Personal information
Full name	Danielle Gracia Williams
Born	(1992-09-14) 14 September 1992 St. Andrew, Jamaica
Education	Johnson C. Smith University
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	100 metres hurdles
Coached by	Lennox Graham
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Jamaica World Championships 2015 Beijing 100 m hurdles 2023 Budapest 100 m hurdles 2019 Doha 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 100 m hurdles Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 100 m hurdles 2013 Kazan 100 m hurdles NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 100 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2011 Miramar 100 m hurdles CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2010 Santo Domingo 100 m hurdles 2010 Santo Domingo 4×100m relay Representing Americas Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 100 m hurdles

Danielle Gracia Williams (born 14 September 1992) is a Jamaican track and field athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles. She is best known for winning gold medals at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2023 World Championships. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, won two medals at Summer Universiades, bronze in 2013 and gold in 2015, won silver medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 NACAC Championships, and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships, all in the 100m hurdles.

Williams has personal bests of 12.32 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (2019) and 7.75 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (2022).

Her older sister, Shermaine, is also a hurdler.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
2010	CARIFTA Games (U20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	4th	100 m	11.72
			3rd	4 × 100 m	45.69
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	1st	100 m H	14.11
			1st	4 × 100 m	45.03
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	4th	100 m H	13.46 (+0.9 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m	44.24
2011	Pan American Junior Championships	Miramar, United States	2nd	100 m H	13.32
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	100 m H	12.84
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th (sf)	100 m H	13.13
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	100 m H	13.06
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	100 m H	12.78
	World Championships	Beijing, China	1st	100 m H	12.57 PB
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	–	60 m H	DNF
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	18th (sf)	100 m H	13.14
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	100 m H	12.78
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	100 m H	12.67
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	100 m H	12.47
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	33rd (h)	60 m H	8.23
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	6th	100 m H	12.44
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	100 m H	12.43 SB

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.24 (−0.7 m/s) (Pueblo 2013)
• 200 metres – 22.62 (−0.7 m/s) (Pueblo 2013)
• 100 metres hurdles – 12.32 (−0.3 m/s) (London 2019)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.29 (Clemson 2022)
• 200 metres – 23.12 (Clemson 2020)
• 60 metres hurdles – 7.75 (Clemson 2022)

External links

• Danielle Williams at World Athletics
• Danielle Williams at Olympics.com
• Danielle Williams at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Danielle Williams at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)