Angela Williams

Personal information
Born	(1980-01-30)January 30, 1980 (age 45) Bellflower, California, United States
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Women'sathletics Representing United States World Championships 2003 Paris 4 × 100 m relay Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 4 x 100 m relay 1999 Winnipeg 100 m 1999 Winnipeg 4 x 100 m relay 2003 Santo Domingo 100 m World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia 60 m 2003 Birmingham 60 m 2001 Lisbon 60 m Summer Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca 100 m 1999 Palma de Mallorca 4 x 100 m relay

Angela Tramaine Williams (born January 30, 1980) is an American athlete.^[1] Williams attended theUniversity of Southern California, graduating in 2002.^[2] She won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2002,^[3] which qualified her as a nominee for theHonda-Broderick Cup, awarded to the best overall female collegiate athlete in 12 sports. She was named the winner of that award also in 2002.^[4]

Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won asilver medal in the 60 metres competition at the2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She later repeated the event at the2003 Indoor Championships, but was upgraded to gold winner afterZhanna Block was disqualified for doping.^[5][6] At the2003 World Championships in Athletics she won silver in the4 × 100 m relay, along with teammatesChryste Gaines,Inger Miller, andTorri Edwards. Williams also competed in the4 × 100 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the American team easily winning in the first heat but not being able to finish in the final. In 2002, Angela Williams became the first person to win four consecutive individualNCAA titles in the 100 m. In 1999, she won in 11.04 at the age of 19. In 2000, she clocked 11.12, 11.05w in 2001 and 11.29 in 2002.^[7]

Williams represented theUnited States at the 2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing. She competed at the4 × 100 metres relay together withMechelle Lewis,Torri Edwards andLauryn Williams. In their first round heat they were disqualified and eliminated from the final.^[1]

Williams had a stellar career as a youth athlete, setting the still currently ratified American records in the 100 meters, for age 9–10, 11–12, and 15–16, along with the 11–12 record for 200 meters.^[8]

Williams attendedChino High School and won theCIF California State Championships in the 100 metres in 1997 and 1998. Her 11.10 1998 winning time was the top mark of the twentieth century, beatingMarion Jones. She also won the 200 metres in 1998^[9] In 1997 and 1998 she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" byTrack & Field News. She was the fourth female, and the fourth female California sprinter, to receive the honor twice.^[10]

Williams was inducted into theUSTFCCCA Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame in 2024.^[11]

• California State Records before 2000^{[permanent dead link]}
• Angela Williams' US Olympic Team bio
• Angela Williams atWorld Athletics
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• Angela Williams atTeamUSA.org (archived)
• Angela Williams atOlympedia

• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
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• Sportspeople from Bellflower, California
• Track and field athletes from Los Angeles County, California
• American women sprinters
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• Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
• World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
• USC Trojans women's track and field athletes
• Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
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• Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
• Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
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• 21st-century American sportswomen
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• 20th-century African-American sportswomen
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• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners

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