Ruth Williams-Simpson

{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ruth Williams-Simpson

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| nationality = Jamaican

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 400 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|10|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Saint Mary, Jamaica

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| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 61 kg

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1971 Cali | 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1978 Medellin | 4x400 m relay}}

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Ruth Williams-Simpson (born 19 October 1949) is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres at the 1972, 1976 and the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/ruth-williams-simpson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051632/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/ruth-williams-simpson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ruth Williams-Simpson Olympic Results |accessdate=2 August 2017}} She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 Pan American Games.

Williams-Simpson competed for the Texas Woman's Pioneers track and field team, finishing runner-up in the 300 m at the 1980 AIAW Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |title=Olympians lauded at Jamalco |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20180207/olympians-lauded-jamalco |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |access-date=21 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=eTrack eTN1980_03_USAInd_AIAWInd_NCAAInd|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1980_03_USAInd_AIAWInd_NCAAInd.pdf |work=Track and Field News |access-date=January 11, 2025 }}