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

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and the

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Career

Williams was part of the first

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team to compete at the

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in 1988 at Seoul, South Korea, 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 Seoul 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. Williams then competed for the

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team, where he was a

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and

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All-American on their 4 × 400 m relay team. Four years later he was running in his second

this time held in Barcelona, Spain, this time he was competing with teammates Lenford O'Garro, Eversley Linley and

Eswort Coombs Eswort Lorenzo Brian Coombs (born 28 November 1972) is a retired track and field sprinter from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who specialized in the 400 metres. In addition to 400 m he holds the national record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:06 ...

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) UCLA Bruins men's track and field athletes