{{short description|Jamaican high jumper}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kimberly Williamson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Frankfield, Jamaica<ref name="kstatesports">{{cite web|url=http://www.kstatesports.com/sport/c-track/2015/roster/5589bb27e4b09d6fde8f13af|title=Bio for Kim Williamson | Wildcats | Track & Field|website=kstatesports.com|accessdate=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830092617/http://www.kstatesports.com/sport/c-track/2015/roster/5589bb27e4b09d6fde8f13af|archive-date=2017-08-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | club = | education = Central Arizona College<br>Kansas State University | collegeteam = Kansas State Wildcats | coach = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Birmingham|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Lima|High jump}} {{MedalCompetition |Pan American Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2012 Miramar| High jump}} {{MedalCompetition |Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2012 Santo Domingo | High jump}} {{MedalCompetition|Carifta Games (U20)}} {{MedalGold|2012 Hamilton | High jump}} }} '''Kimberly Williamson''' (born 2 October 1993) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the high jump.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> She represented her country in the high jump at the 2017 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, finishing 11th in the latter.
Williamson first competed forEdwin Allen High School. She then was an All-American jumper for the Kansas State Wildcats track and field team, winning the high jump at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2022/06/24/national-champion-kimberly-williamson-looks-to-go-higher/|title=National champion Kimberly Williamson looks to go higher|website=jamaicaobserver.com}}</ref><ref name="High jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=2&series=3369&event=21 |title=High jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
Her personal bests in the event are 1.93 metres outdoors (Nashville 2022) and 1.88 metres indoors (Des Moines 2017).<ref name="all-athletics">{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/330997|title=Profile of Kimberly WILLIAMSON|website=All-Athletics.com|accessdate=2017-08-13|archive-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813190428/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/330997|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} |- |2009 |World Youth Championships |Brixen, Italy |17th (q) |High jump |1.74 m |- |2011 |Pan American Junior Athletics Championships |Miramar, United States |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |High jump |1.80 m |- |rowspan=3|2012 |CARIFTA Games (U20) |Hamilton, Bermuda |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |1.82 m |- |Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U20) |San Salvador, El Salvador |bgcolor=silver|2nd |High jump |1.85 m |- |World Junior Championships |Barcelona, Spain |27th (q) |High jump |1.70 m |- |2014 |Commonwealth Games |Glasgow, United Kingdom |21st (q) |High jump |1.71 m |- |2015 |Pan American Games |Toronto, Canada |6th |High jump |1.88 m |- |2017 |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |17th (q) |High jump |1.89 m |- |2019 |Pan American Games |Lima, Peru |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |High jump |1.84 m |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Championships |Eugene, United States |11th |High jump |1.89 m |- |NACAC Championships |Freeport, Bahamas |6th |High jump |1.75 m |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |28th (q) |High jump |1.85 m |}
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