Diane Williams (athlete)
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  United States | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1987 Rome | 4x100 m relay |
 | 1983 Helsinki | 100 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
 | 1987 Indianapolis | 100 m |
Diane Williams (born 1960) is a retired World class sprinter who ran 100 m and 4x100 m relays. She was born 14 December 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
In college, Williams competed for the Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles track and field team.[1]
1980 Olympics
Williams qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. In 2007 she did receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[2]
World Athletics Championships
Her best performances came in the first two World Athletics Championships in 1983 and 1987. In Helsinki in 1983 she was a Bronze medallist over 100 m. In 1987 she was fourth over 100 m and won gold as part of the 4x100 relay team, their winning time of 41.58 CBP secs is still one of the fastest in history. In 1988, she was 2nd to Florence Griffith Joyner's world record time of 10.49 in the 100m.
Aftermath
Diane has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during her career in the era preceding random out-of-competition testing.[citation needed] However, she managed to compete without the use of drugs through the 1987 season and ran faster than ever. She now tours schools where she relates her abuse of steroids and the struggle to regain her health in the aftermath of her career. An autobiography, True to Me, was published a few years ago which chronicles the aforementioned battle to perform clean at the highest level.
Height 1.63 m Weight 54 kg.
Personal bests
| 100 m | 10.86 s |
| 200 m | 22.60 s |
| 4 × 100 m | Relay 41.55 s U.S. Record |
References
Sources
The International Track and Field Annual 1988/89 ISBN 0-671-69917-2
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World champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay
- 1983:
Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR) - 1987:
Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith Joyner, Pam Marshall (USA) - 1991:
Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey, Merlene Frazer (JAM) - 1993:
Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Irina Privalova, Marina Trandenkova (RUS) - 1995: Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, D'Andre Hill (USA)
- 1997: Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers (USA)
- 1999:
Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH) - 2001:
Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner (GER) - 2003:
Patricia Girard-Léno, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron (FRA) - 2005: Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams (USA)
- 2007: Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Mikele Barber, Torri Edwards, Carmelita Jeter, Mechelle Lewis (USA)
- 2009: Simone Facey, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Aleen Bailey, Kerron Stewart (JAM)
- 2011: Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter, Shalonda Solomon, Alexandria Anderson (USA)
- 2013: Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sheri-Ann Brooks (JAM)
- 2015: Veronica Campbell Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart (JAM)
- 2017: Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie, Ariana Washington (USA)
- 2019: Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison (JAM)
- 2022: Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry, Aleia Hobbs (USA)
- 2023: Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson, Tamara Clark, Melissa Jefferson (USA)
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