Kimberly Williams (born 3 November 1988) is a Jamaican triple jumper. She is a multiple time Jamaican National Champion. She was successful as a youth athlete, winning the 2003 CARIFTA Games (under 17 division) as a 14 year old. She was runner up at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Later, she jumped for Florida State University and was a four time NCAA Champion. By the time she graduated in 2012, she was "the most decorated women's track and field athlete in Florida State history." She is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion in the triple jump. She was a finalist in the 2016 Olympics, ranking as high as 4th after two rounds of jumping, ultimately finishing seventh.
She represented Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
International competitions Representing 2003CARIFTA GamesPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1stTriple jump12.18 m2004CARIFTA GamesHamilton, Bermuda1stTriple jump12.53 m2006Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U-20)Port of Spain, Trinidad2ndTriple jump12.47 mCARIFTA GamesLes Abymes, Guadeloupe1stTriple jump12.94 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (q)Triple jump12.81 m (-0.2 m/s)2007Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2ndTriple jump13.38 mCARIFTA GamesProvidenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands1stTriple jump12.85 m2ndLong jump6.15 m2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba3rdTriple jump13.78 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany15 (q)Triple jump14.08 m2010Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico1stTriple jump14.23 mNACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsMiramar, United States1stTriple jump14.14m (+3.1 m/s) w2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th (q)Triple jump14.06 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5thTriple jump14.27 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia4thTriple jump14.62 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland3rdTriple jump14.39 mCommonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom1stTriple jump14.21 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China5th14.45 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7thTriple jump14.53 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10thTriple jump14.01 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom2ndTriple jump14.48 mCommonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia1stTriple jump14.64 m2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru4thTriple jump14.15 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4thTriple jump14.64 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan8thTriple jump14.51 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdTriple jump14.62 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States7thTriple jump14.29 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7thTriple jump14.38 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7thTriple jump14.07 mOlympic GamesParis, France20th (q)Triple jump13.77 m
Personal bests Outdoor Long jump – 6.42 (+1.1 m/s, Tallahassee 2009) Triple jump – 14.69 (+1.6 m/s, Doha 2021) Indoor Long jump – 6.55 (Blacksburg 2011) Triple jump – 14.62 (Belgrade 2022)
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