Michael Williams (sprinter)
{{short description|Vincentian sprinter (born 1971)}}
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Michael Williams (born 1 June 1971) is a Vincentian sprinter. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Michael Williams profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/michael-williams-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/michael-williams-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}}
Career
Williams was part of the first Saint Vincent and the Grenadines team to compete at the Summer Olympics in 1988 at Seoul, South Korea, he was the youngest member of the team{{cite web|title=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1988 Olympic Team|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VIN/summer/1988/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VIN/summer/1988/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}} and at 17 years 116 days he still is the youngest Vincentian to compete at the Summer Olympics to date.{{cite web|title=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VIN/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VIN/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}} In Seoul Williams competed in the 400 metres he ran in heat 6 in a time of 51.22 seconds and came in 7th out of the seven runners so didn't qualify for the next round.{{cite web|title=1988 Summer Olympics 400m round 1 results|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-400-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-400-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}}
Williams then competed for the UCLA Bruins track and field team, where he was a 1992 and 1994 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships All-American on their 4 × 400 m relay team.{{cite web|url=https://ucla_ftp.sidearmsports.com/old_site/pdf/m-track/08-mg-pgs56-80.pdf|title=The History & Tradition of UCLA Men’s Track & Field|page=7|publisher=UCLA Bruins|access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=19 |title=4 × 400 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}} {{Cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x4.pdf |title=Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x4 |website=Track and Field News |access-date=28 December 2024}}
Four years later he was running in his second Summer Olympics this time held in Barcelona, Spain, this time he was competing with teammates Lenford O'Garro, Eversley Linley and Eswort Coombs in the 4 x 400 metres relay, between them they ran in a time of 3:10.21, and finished seventh in there heat after Barbados got disqualified which was 11 seconds behind the USA team which included Michael Johnson, so they didn't qualify for the next round.{{cite web|title=1992 Summer Olympics 4x400m round 1 results|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-4-x-400-metres-relay-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112948/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-4-x-400-metres-relay-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=18 December 2016}}
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Category:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics