Michael Williams (born 1 June 1971) is a Vincentian sprinter. He competed at the

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and the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Career

Williams was part of the first

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team to compete at the

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in 1988 at

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, he was the youngest member of the team and at 17 years 116 days he still is the youngest Vincentian to compete at the

to date. In

Williams competed in the

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he ran in heat 6 in a time of 51.22 seconds and came in 7th out of the seven runners so didn't qualify for the next round. Four years later he was running in his second

this time held in

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, this time he was competing with teammates Lenford O'Garro,

Eversley Linley Eversley Augustus Linley (born 1 November 1969) is a retired sprinter from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who specialized in the 400 metres and the 800 metres. He participated in the 800 metres at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, and in the ...

and Eswort Coombs in the

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, between them they ran in a time of 3:10.21, and finished seventh in there heat after Barbados got disqualified which was 11 seconds behind the USA team which included Michael Johnson, so they didn't qualify for the next round.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Michael 1964 births Living people Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male sprinters Olympic athletes for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)