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Barrington Williams
Personal information
Born (1955-09-11) 11 September 1955 (age 69)
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

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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

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

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Outdoor

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

Indoor

References

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  1. ^ Sports-Reference profile
  2. ^ Power of 10 profile
  3. ^ Barrington Williams at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  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.