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A ] in 2002, she went on to win the 100&nbsp;m at the ] and claimed the ] title over the distance for the ] the following year. She has also featured as part of the American ] team, winning gold medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. A ] in 2002, she went on to win the 100&nbsp;m at the ] and claimed the ] title over the distance for the ] the following year. She has also featured as part of the American ] team, winning gold medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


Williams is one of six athletes to have ], as well as the first American woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-02-19/sports/sfl-williams-silver-medal-bobsled-20140219_1_sochi-games-jamie-greubel-heather-moyse|title=Williams gets silver; first U.S. Woman to win medals in Winter and Summer Olympics}}</ref><ref name=ESPN>{{cite news|title=Lauryn Williams eyes Olympic history|url=http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014/bobsled/story/_/id/10476343/2014-sochi-games-usa-1-leads-olympic-women-bobsled-sochi-usa-2-third|access-date=February 19, 2014|newspaper=]|date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> Williams is one of six athletes to have ], as well as the first American woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-02-19/sports/sfl-williams-silver-medal-bobsled-20140219_1_sochi-games-jamie-greubel-heather-moyse|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226181119/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-02-19/sports/sfl-williams-silver-medal-bobsled-20140219_1_sochi-games-jamie-greubel-heather-moyse|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2014|title=Williams gets silver; first U.S. Woman to win medals in Winter and Summer Olympics}}</ref><ref name=ESPN>{{cite news|title=Lauryn Williams eyes Olympic history|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2014/bobsled/story/_/id/10476343/2014-sochi-games-usa-1-leads-olympic-women-bobsled-sochi-usa-2-third|access-date=February 19, 2014|newspaper=]|date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Williams was born and raised in suburban ] and ] and currently resides in suburban Pittsburgh. She holds her high school records for the 100, 200m, long jump and 4x100 meters relay.<ref name=usatf/> She ran for The Wings of Moon Track Club founded by Coach Rubin Carter based in Moon Township, PA, a suburb near Pittsburgh. She was a star with the new club and qualified for the National Junior Olympics. Williams was born in ] and raised in suburban ] and ]. She currently resides in suburban Pittsburgh. She holds her high school records for the 100, 200m, long jump and 4x100 meters relay.<ref name=usatf/> She ran for The Wings of Moon Track Club founded by Coach Rubin Carter based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb near Pittsburgh. She was a star with the new club and qualified for the National Junior Olympics.


==College== ==College==
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Williams is a silver medalist in the ] at the ] and a 4-time medalist at the ], where she won (together with ], ] and ]) a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay in 2005 and 2007, as well as gold and silver in the 100m in 2005 and 2007 editions of the meet. Williams is a silver medalist in the ] at the ] and a 4-time medalist at the ], where she won (together with ], ] and ]) a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay in 2005 and 2007, as well as gold and silver in the 100m in 2005 and 2007 editions of the meet.


At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Williams ran the third leg for the women’s 4x100 relay team in the final. ], who ran the second leg, and Williams failed to complete the baton exchange within the 20-meter passing zone, resulting in disqualification of the U.S. team. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Williams ran the third leg for the women's 4x100 relay team in the final. ], who ran the second leg, and Williams failed to complete the baton exchange within the 20-meter passing zone, resulting in disqualification of the U.S. team.


In the ] of 2008, Williams ran the anchor leg in the relay, but a mix-up in the semi-final with team-mate ] caused Edwards to drop the baton. Williams picked up the baton to finish in last place, but the USA was disqualified because she had had to run outside her lane in order to retrieve the baton. At the individual 100 metres sprint she placed 2nd in her first round heat behind ] in a time of 11.38 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.07 seconds and placed 2nd again, this time behind ]. With the third time in her semi final heat behind ] and ] she qualified for the final in 11.10 seconds. In the final she came to 11.03, finishing in fourth place, behind three runners from ].<ref name="beijing"/> In the ] of 2008, Williams ran the anchor leg in the relay, but a mix-up in the semi-final with team-mate ] caused Edwards to drop the baton. Williams picked up the baton to finish in last place, but the USA was disqualified because she had had to run outside her lane in order to retrieve the baton. At the individual 100 metres sprint she placed 2nd in her first round heat behind ] in a time of 11.38 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.07 seconds and placed 2nd again, this time behind ]. With the third time in her semi final heat behind ] and ] she qualified for the final in 11.10 seconds. In the final she came to 11.03, finishing in fourth place, behind three runners from ].<ref name="beijing"/>
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==2014 Winter Olympics== ==2014 Winter Olympics==
On January 19, 2014 Williams won her first bobsled gold medal in a World Cup event at Igls, Austria. She was later selected to be a part of the U.S. Olympic 2014 women's bobsled team.<ref>{{cite web|author=Craig Davis |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-01-19/sports/fl-williams-bobsled-olympics-0120-20140119_1_sochi-olympics-london-games-winter-games |title=Lauryn Williams gets first victory, place on U.S. bobsled team |work=Sun Sentinel |date=January 19, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> On January 19, 2014 Williams won her first bobsled gold medal in a World Cup event at Igls, Austria. She was later selected to be a part of the U.S. Olympic 2014 women's bobsled team.<ref>{{cite web|author=Craig Davis |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-01-19/sports/fl-williams-bobsled-olympics-0120-20140119_1_sochi-olympics-london-games-winter-games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122203635/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-01-19/sports/fl-williams-bobsled-olympics-0120-20140119_1_sochi-olympics-london-games-winter-games |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |title=Lauryn Williams gets first victory, place on U.S. bobsled team |work=Sun Sentinel |date=January 19, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>


On February 19, 2014 Williams along with ] won the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run was a time of 57.26, a track record. Their second run was 57.63, the third was 57.69 and fourth was 58.13 for a total of 3:50.71, a difference of +0.10 from first place, just edged out by Canada 1. On February 19, 2014 Williams along with ] won the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run was a time of 57.26, a track record. Their second run was 57.63, the third was 57.69 and fourth was 58.13 for a total of 3:50.71, a difference of +0.10 from first place, just edged out by Canada 1.


Williams is one of six Olympians, three Americans to win medals at the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.<ref name="medium.com">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/learn-to-skate-usa/eddy-alvarez-chasing-history-7f9ed6f021a4|title = Eddy Alvarez: Chasing History|date = August 6, 2021}}</ref> Eddie Eagan won Gold as a boxer in 1920 and on the bobsled in 1932. Eddy Alvarez won a Silver Medal in 2014 as a speedskater and another Silver Medal in Tokyo for baseball.<ref name="medium.com"/> Williams is one of six Olympians, three Americans to win medals at the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.<ref name="medium.com">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/learn-to-skate-usa/eddy-alvarez-chasing-history-7f9ed6f021a4|title = Eddy Alvarez: Chasing History|date = August 6, 2021}}</ref> Eddie Eagan won Gold as a boxer in 1920 and on the bobsled in 1932. Eddy Alvarez won a Silver Medal in 2014 as a speedskater and another Silver Medal in Tokyo for baseball.<ref name="medium.com"/>

==After the Olympics==
Williams later became a ], passing the exam in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vega |first=Nicolas |date=2024-08-21 |title=This Olympic gold medalist went from $200,000/year sponsorship to $12/hour internship: 'It was a perfect fit for me' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/21/olympic-gold-medalist-went-from-200000/year-sponsorship-to-12/hour-internship.html |access-date=2024-08-27 |language=en}}</ref>


==Major achievements== ==Major achievements==
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American sprinter and bobsledder

Lauryn Williams
Personal information
Born (1983-09-11) September 11, 1983 (age 41)
Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Miami
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight127 lb (58 kg; 9.1 st)
Sport
Country United States
ClubFlorida
Turned pro2004
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2nd Athens 2004– 100 metres
World finals1st Helsinki 2005– 100 metres
Highest world ranking2
Personal best(s)100m- 10.88
200m- 22.27
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 100 meters
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Helsinki 100 meters
Gold medal – first place 2005 Helsinki 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 100 meters
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow 60 meters
World Athletics Final
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Monaco 100 meters
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Monaco 100 meters
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Kingston 100 meters
Silver medal – second place 2002 Kingston 4x100 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 100 meters
Women's bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Two-woman
Updated on February 19, 2014
Lauryn Williams speaking at the USA Track & Field national meeting, December 2014

Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983) is an American sprinter and bobsledder. She was the gold medalist in the 100 meter dash at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2007 World Championships, and 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She won a silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

A World Junior Champion in 2002, she went on to win the 100 m at the 2003 Pan American Games and claimed the NCAA title over the distance for the University of Miami the following year. She has also featured as part of the American 4×100 meter relay team, winning gold medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Williams is one of six athletes to have won a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games, as well as the first American woman to do so.

Career

Williams was born in Rochester, Pennsylvania and raised in suburban Pittsburgh and Detroit. She currently resides in suburban Pittsburgh. She holds her high school records for the 100, 200m, long jump and 4x100 meters relay. She ran for The Wings of Moon Track Club founded by Coach Rubin Carter based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb near Pittsburgh. She was a star with the new club and qualified for the National Junior Olympics.

College

She attended the University of Miami, where she competed on the track team and graduated in 2004. She was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the university's highest honor.

Track career

Williams was a part of the 4x100 meter relay team at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, where she anchored the American team with Angela Williams, Chryste Gaines and Inger Miller in their heat. She did not run in the final.

Later that season, she participated in the 2003 Pan American Games in the 100 metre event. She went on to claim gold in a time of 11.12, followed closely by Angela Williams and Liliana Allen.

Williams is a silver medalist in the 100 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a 4-time medalist at the World Championships in Athletics, where she won (together with Angela Daigle, Muna Lee and Me'Lisa Barber) a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay in 2005 and 2007, as well as gold and silver in the 100m in 2005 and 2007 editions of the meet.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Williams ran the third leg for the women's 4x100 relay team in the final. Marion Jones, who ran the second leg, and Williams failed to complete the baton exchange within the 20-meter passing zone, resulting in disqualification of the U.S. team.

In the Beijing Olympics of 2008, Williams ran the anchor leg in the relay, but a mix-up in the semi-final with team-mate Torri Edwards caused Edwards to drop the baton. Williams picked up the baton to finish in last place, but the USA was disqualified because she had had to run outside her lane in order to retrieve the baton. At the individual 100 metres sprint she placed 2nd in her first round heat behind Christine Arron in a time of 11.38 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.07 seconds and placed 2nd again, this time behind Kerron Stewart. With the third time in her semi final heat behind Shelly-Ann Fraser and Muna Lee she qualified for the final in 11.10 seconds. In the final she came to 11.03, finishing in fourth place, behind three runners from Jamaica.

Williams took third place in the 100 m at the 2009 US Championships and as a result she qualified for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, her third consecutive championships. A week before the World Championships began, she was part of a United States 4 x 100 m relay team that ran the fastest women's sprint relay in twelve years. Williams, Allyson Felix, Muna Lee and Carmelita Jeter finished with a time of 41.58 seconds, bringing them to eighth on the all-time list.

She spent the entirety of 2010 away from competitive athletics and, among other things, she worked in the athletic department at the University of Miami. She returned to competition in 2011.

In the 2012 Olympics in London, Lauryn Williams ran the anchor leg of 4 x 100 meter relay for USA in the qualification round. The team went on to win gold and earn a new world record with a time of 40.82

2014 Winter Olympics

On January 19, 2014 Williams won her first bobsled gold medal in a World Cup event at Igls, Austria. She was later selected to be a part of the U.S. Olympic 2014 women's bobsled team.

On February 19, 2014 Williams along with Elana Meyers won the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run was a time of 57.26, a track record. Their second run was 57.63, the third was 57.69 and fourth was 58.13 for a total of 3:50.71, a difference of +0.10 from first place, just edged out by Canada 1.

Williams is one of six Olympians, three Americans to win medals at the Winter and Summer Olympic Games. Eddie Eagan won Gold as a boxer in 1920 and on the bobsled in 1932. Eddy Alvarez won a Silver Medal in 2014 as a speedskater and another Silver Medal in Tokyo for baseball.

After the Olympics

Williams later became a certified financial planner, passing the exam in 2017.

Major achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  United States
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st 100m 11.33 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2nd 4×100m relay 43.66
2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st 100m 11.12 secs
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd 100m 10.96 secs
World Athletics Final Monaco, Monaco 3rd 100m 11.21 secs
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 100m 10.93 secs
World Athletics Final Monaco, Monaco 3rd 100m 11.04 secs
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 60m 7.01 secs
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd 100m 11.01 secs
2012 Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1st 4x100m relay Competed in heats but not in final.
2014 Olympic Games Sochi, Russia 2nd 2 Woman bobsleigh 3:50.71

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athlete biography: Lauryn Williams". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on August 10, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  2. "Williams gets silver; first U.S. Woman to win medals in Winter and Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on February 26, 2014.
  3. "Lauryn Williams eyes Olympic history". ESPN. February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Lauryn Williams". Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  5. Morse, Parker (June 27, 2009). Jeter and Rodgers take 100m titles in Eugene – US Champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on June 30, 2009.
  6. Wenig, Jörg (August 8, 2009). US quartet blasts 41.58 in the 4x100 as Wlodarczyk improves to 77.20m in Cottbus Archived August 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on August 9, 2009.
  7. Lee, Kirby (April 24, 2011). Wells and Williams continue comebacks at Kansas Relays. IAAF. Retrieved on April 29, 2011.
  8. Craig Davis (January 19, 2014). "Lauryn Williams gets first victory, place on U.S. bobsled team". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  9. ^ "Eddy Alvarez: Chasing History". August 6, 2021.
  10. Vega, Nicolas (August 21, 2024). "This Olympic gold medalist went from $200,000/year sponsorship to $12/hour internship: 'It was a perfect fit for me'". Retrieved August 27, 2024.

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  • OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
  • 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Distance: The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929 to 1931, 1955, 1957 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, 1965 to 1966, 1969 to 1970 and 1973 to 1974.
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