Todd Williams
Personal information
Birth nameTodd Dwayne Williams
NationalityAmerican
Born (1969-03-07) March 7, 1969
Monroe, Michigan
Sport
SportTrack
Event10,000 meters
College teamUniversity of Tennessee
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 meters: 13:19.50
10,000m: 27:31.34

Todd Dwayne Williams (born March 7, 1969)[1] is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Williams was born in Monroe, Michigan. During high school he won the Michigan team race title twice. He was a two-time United States cross country champion, with victories in 1991 and 1993. He attended the University of Tennessee where he was an All-American for three years. Is also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt under Luiz Palhares and runs an ASICS sponsored company known as RunSafer.

His personal bests were 13:19.50 in the 5000 m and 27:31.34 in the 10,000 m. He ran his marathon best of 2:11:17 in the 1997 Chicago Marathon. He is a five-time winner of the Gate River Run and set the current American record over 15 km at the event, running a time of 42:22 minutes for the distance. This is also the record for the whole of the North American, Central American and Caribbean region (NACAC).

Williams also holds the 3rd-fastest half marathon time ever by an American of 60:11 which he ran in Tokyo in 1993.[2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 10th 10,000 m
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 7th 10,000 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th 10,000 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia DNF 10,000 m

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Todd Williams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  2. ↑ "Men's half-marathon".


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