Sada Williams (born 1 December 1997) is a Barbadian sprinter competing primarily in the

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and

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. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal at the

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. Williams took a gold in the event at the

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. She represented her country at the

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without reaching the semifinals. Williams competed at the

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. She had a breakthrough 2022 season, finishing third in the 400 m at the World Championships Eugene 2022 in July. She improved her own national record to 49.75 seconds, coming home only behind

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(49.11 s) and Marileidy Paulino who ran a time of 49.60 s. About two weeks later at the

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, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds. She continued her fine season in August by claiming silver behind only Miller-Uibo (49.40 s) at the

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, with a time of 49.86 seconds.

International competitions

¹Disqualified in the final
²Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

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– 11.66 (0.0 m/s, St. Michael 2017) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 22.61 (+1.6 m/s, St. Michael 2016) *

– 49.75 (

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2022)

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* 1997 births Living people Barbadian female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Bridgetown Olympic athletes for Barbados Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Barbados Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Barbados-athletics-bio-stub