Lucinda Williams (athlete)
Lucinda Williams
Williams (2nd left) at the 1960 Olympics |
Personal information |
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Full name |
Lucinda Williams Adams |
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Born |
August 10, 1937 (1937-08-10) (age 79) Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
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Height |
166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
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Weight |
51 kg (112 lb) |
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Sport |
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Sport |
Athletics |
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Event(s) |
Sprint |
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Club |
TSU Tigers, Nashville |
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Achievements and titles |
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Personal best(s) |
100 m – 11.7 (1960) 200 m – 23.4 (1959)[1][2] |
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Lucinda Williams (later Adams, born August 10, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 1960 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals of the individual 100 m and 200 m events in 1956 and 1960. She earned three gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in these three events.[1]
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- 1928 Rosenfeld, Smith, Bell, Cook (CAN)
- 1932 Carew, Furtsch, Rogers, von Bremen (USA)
- 1936 Bland, Rogers, Robinson, Stephens (USA)
- 1948 Stad-de Jong, Witziers-Timmer, van der Kade-Koudijs, Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1952 Faggs, Jones, Moreau, Hardy (USA)
- 1956 Strickland de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert (AUS)
- 1960 Hudson, Williams, Jones, Rudolph (USA)
- 1964 Ciepły, Kirszenstein, Górecka, Kłobukowska (POL)
- 1968 Ferrell, Bailes, Netter, Tyus (USA)
- 1972 Krause, Mickler, Richter, Rosendahl (FRG)
- 1976 Göhr, Stecher, Bodendorf, Wöckel (GDR)
- 1980 Müller, Wöckel, Auerswald, Göhr (GDR)
- 1984 Brown, Bolden, Cheeseborough, Ashford (USA)
- 1988 Brown, Echols, Griffith Joyner, Ashford (USA)
- 1992 Ashford, Jones, Guidry, Torrence, Finn (USA)
- 1996 Devers, Miller, Gaines, Torrence, Guidry (USA)
- 2000 Fynes, Sturrup, Davis-Thompson, Ferguson, Lewis (BAH)
- 2004 Lawrence, Simpson, Bailey, Campbell, McDonald (JAM)
- 2008 Borlée, Mariën, Ouédraogo, Gevaert (BEL)
- 2012 Madison, Felix, Knight, Jeter, Tarmoh, Williams (USA)
- 2016 Bartoletta, Felix, Bowie, Gardner, Akinosun (USA)
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1926–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- Distance:The event was over 220 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-3, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4
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