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Angela Williams (sprinter born 1980)

Angela Williams
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's Athletics
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris 4x100 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 100 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Valencia 60 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lisbon 60 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Birmingham 60 m

Angela Williams (born 30 January 1980 in Bellflower, California) is an American athlete. Williams attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002.

Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a silver medal in the 60 metres competition at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She later repeated the event at the 2003 Indoor Championships, but was upgraded to gold winner after Zhanna Block was disqualified for doping. At the 2003 World Championships in Athletics she won silver in the 4 x 100 m relay, along with teammates Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Torri Edwards. Williams also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the American team easily winning in the first heat but not being able to finish in the final. In 2002, Angela Williams became the first person to win four consecutive individual NCAA titles in the 100m. In 1999, she won in 11.04 at the age of 19. In 2000, she clocked 11.12, 11.05w in 2001 and 11.29 in 2002.

Williams represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Mechelle Lewis, Torri Edwards and Lauryn Williams. In their first round heat they were disqualified and eliminated from the final.


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