Barrington Williams
Personal information
Born (1955-09-11) 11 September 1955
Jamaica[1]
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, long jump
ClubCannock Chase & Stafford
Wolverhampton & Bilston
Coached byAllan Jones (1989)[2]

Barrington Chester Williams (born 11 September 1955) is a male retired English sprinter and long jumper.[3]

Athletics career

Williams represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres instead of his preferred long jump because the schedule would force him to compete on a Sunday which was against his religious convictions.[4] He represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand[5][6] and four years later represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[7][8][9]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th (sf) 60 m 6.68
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 37th (qf) 100 m 10.55
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 6th (q) Long jump 7.75 m1
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 11th Long jump 7.67 m
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 14th (q) Long jump 7.53 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 19th (q) Long jump 7.69 m

1No mark in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres – 10.34 (+1.3 m/s, Birmingham 1988)
  • Long jump – 8.01 (-0.2 m/s, Birmingham 1989)

Indoor

References

  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. Power of 10 profile
  3. Barrington Williams at World Athletics
  4. "Never on Sundays?". www.veritesport.org. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  6. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  8. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  9. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.
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