Shermaine Williams

{{short description|Jamaican hurdler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Shermaine Williams | image = | image_size =  | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|02|04}} | birth_place = Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.73|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|abbr=on}} | country = {{JAM}} | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdling | retired = | pb = | show-medals = | website =  | updated = 4 May 2023 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }} {{Medal|Competition|Summer Universiade}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Shenzhen| 4×100 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2008 Bydgoszcz|100 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2009 Port of Spain|100 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|World Youth Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2007 Ostrava|100 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (U20)}} {{MedalGold |2007 Providenciales | 100 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U17)}} {{MedalSilver |2006 Port of Spain | 100 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Youth)}} {{MedalSilver |2005 Bacolet | 100 m hurdles}} }} '''Shermaine Williams''' (born 4 February 1990) is a Jamaican hurdler.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Shermaine Williams|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/williams-shermaine-1297694/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=12 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913182826/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/williams-shermaine-1297694/|archivedate=13 September 2012}}}} At the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/shermaine-williams-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/shermaine-williams-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Shermaine Williams Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> She is an alumna of Johnson C. Smith University.<ref name=jcs_01> {{ Citation | last = | first = | date = | title = Shermaine Williams - 2011 Women's Track and Field | url = http://goldenbullsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1288 | publisher = Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls | page = | language = | accessdate = 4 May 2023 }} </ref>

Her younger sister, Danielle, is also a hurdler.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==Personal bests== {| class="wikitable" |- !Event !! Result !! Venue !! Date |- !colspan="4"|Outdoor |- | 100 m || '''11.79 s''' (wind: +0.4 m/s) || Charlotte, United States || 27 May 2010 |- | 200 m || '''23.98 s''' (wind: +1.9 m/s) || Petersburg, United States || 17 April 2010 |- | 400 m || '''56.05 s''' || Charlotte, United States || 15 March 2013 |- | 100 m hurdles || '''12.78 s''' (wind: +1.3 m/s) || Kingston, Jamaica || 1 July 2012 |- !colspan="4"|Indoor |- | 60 m || '''7.56 s''' || Hampton, United States || 13 February 2011 |- | 200 m || '''23.83 s''' || Albuquerque, United States || 15 March 2010 |- | 400 m || '''54.92 s''' || Blacksburg, United States || 2 March 2013 |- | 60 m hurdles || '''8.07 s''' || Houston, United States || 13 March 2009 |}

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} |- |rowspan=2|2005 |CARIFTA Games (U17) |Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100m hurdles (76.2 cm) |13.93 (wind: -0.8 m/s) |- |World Youth Championships |Marrakesh, Morocco |6th |100m hurdles (76.2 cm) |13.69 (wind: +1.1 m/s) |- |2006 |Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) |Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100m hurdles (76.2 cm) |13.79 (wind: +1.3 m/s) |- |rowspan=2|2007 |CARIFTA Games (U20) |Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |bgcolor=gold|1st |100m hurdles |13.51 (wind: +1.3 m/s) |- |World Youth Championships |Ostrava, Czech Republic |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100m hurdles (76.2 cm) |13.48 (wind: -1.3 m/s) |- |2008 |World Junior Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100m hurdles |13.48 (wind: -2.4 m/s) |- |2009 |Pan American Junior Championships |Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=gold|1st |100m hurdles |13.22 '''w''' (wind: +2.2 m/s) |- |rowspan=2|2011 |rowspan=2|Universiade |rowspan=2|Shenzhen, China |13th (sf) |100m hurdles |13.42 (wind: -0.4 m/s) |- |bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |43.57 |- |2012 |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom |12th (sf) |100 m hurdles |12.83 (wind: +0.9 m/s) |- |2013 |World Championships |Moscow, Russia |14th (sf) |100 m hurdles |12.93 (wind: +0.2 m/s) |- |2014 |Pan American Sports Festival |Mexico City, Mexico |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100m hurdles |12.91 (wind: +0.9 m/s) '''A''' |- |2015 |World Championships |Beijing, China |7th |100 m hurdles |12.95 |- |2016 |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |9th (sf) |100 m hurdles |12.86 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/shermaine-williams-1.html Sports reference biography]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Shermaine}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaican women hurdlers Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Sportspeople from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade