{{Short description|Turks and Caicos-born British sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Delano Williams | image = Delano Williams 2016.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = Delano Williams in 2016 | sport = Running | event = 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|12|23}} | birth_place = Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands | height = 180 cm | weight = 73 kg | club = Enfield and Haringey AC | pb = '''100 m:''' 10.28 (Kingston 2013)<br>'''200 m:''' 20.27 (Kingston 2013)<br>'''400 m:''' 45.42 (Kingston 2015) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2015 Beijing|4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Amsterdam|4 x 400 m relay}} {{MedalCountry|the {{TCA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Barcelona|200 m}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}} {{MedalGold|2012 Hamilton|200 m}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Hamilton|4×100 m relay}} {{MedalGold|2011 Montego Bay|200 m}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Youth)}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Vieux Fort|200 m}} }} '''Delano Livingston Williams''' (born 23 December 1993) is a British sprinter, originally from the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. In June 2013, it was confirmed that Williams would henceforth compete for Great Britain, as was his right by dint of the right to British citizenship of Turks and Caicos Islanders.<ref>{{cite web |title=Delano Williams set to compete for Great Britain at World Athletics Championships in Moscow |website=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322104154/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10139075/Delano-Williams-set-to-compete-for-Great-Britain-at-World-Athletics-Championships-in-Moscow.html |archive-date=22 March 2019 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10139075/Delano-Williams-set-to-compete-for-Great-Britain-at-World-Athletics-Championships-in-Moscow.html}}</ref> Williams trains with the Racers Track Club in Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/delano-williams-the-brit-learning-at-the-feet-of-usain-bolt-9278945.html|title=Delano Williams: The Brit learning at the feet of Usain Bolt|date=24 April 2014}}</ref>
==Career== He attended Munro College in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2012/apr/05/jermaine-gonzales-delano-williams |title=Pressure produces stars such as Delano Williams |date=5 April 2012 |work=The Guardian |first=Jermaine |last=Gonzalez |authorlink=Jermaine Gonzales }}</ref> He joined the college after a Jamaican talent scout spotted his speed in a baseball game in his native Turks and Caicos.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/sports/tracks-heartbeat-is-fast-as-ever-in-jamaica.html?src=me&_r=0|title=Track's Heartbeat is Fast as Ever in Jamaica|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 April 2015|last1=Powell|first1=Michael}}</ref>
Williams aimed to compete for Great Britain in the 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9182072/London-2012-Olympics-Turks-and-Caicos-sprint-sensation-Delano-Williams-becomes-latest-Team-GB-recruit.html |title=Turks and Caicos sprint sensation Delano Williams becomes latest Team GB recruit |first=Simon |last=Hart |date=3 April 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph }}</ref> He cannot represent his native Turks and Caicos Islands, because they are not recognised by the International Olympic Committee, however, using a similar by-law to Anguillan long jumper Shara Proctor, Williams is eligible to represent Great Britain as Turks and Caicos are a British Overseas Territory. He finished fifth at the UK Olympics Trials, so was not selected.<ref>{{cite web|title=UKA – 200 METRES – Men – Final|url=http://www.uka.org.uk/results/20120622_birmingham/timetable/index/Data/M/200_R_f.html|publisher=UK Athletics|accessdate=18 August 2012|archive-date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627042111/http://www.uka.org.uk/results/20120622_birmingham/timetable/index/Data/M/200_R_f.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He competed for Great Britain in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
Born and raised on Grand Turk Island to a Haitian mother, Williams moved to Jamaica in 2008. Running for Munro College, he won the 100 and 200 metres at the 2012 Jamaican National High School Track and Field Championships, becoming the first non-national to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=1607 |title=TCI track star Delano Williams creates history in Jamaica |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519083144/http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story |archive-date=19 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He did, however, represent Turks and Caicos at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a gold medal in the 200 metres.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
{{Footer World Junior Champions men's 200 metres}} {{Authority control}}
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