Sada Williams


Sada Williams is a Barbadian sprinter competing primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Williams took gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
She represented her country at the 2017 [World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Athletics Championships] but did not reach the semifinals.
Williams competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
She had a breakthrough 2022 season, finishing third in the 400 m at the World Championships Eugene 2022 in July. She improved her own national record to 49.75 seconds, coming home only behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Marileidy Paulino, who ran a time of 49.60 s. About two weeks later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds. She continued her fine season in August by claiming silver behind only Miller-Uibo at the NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, with a time of 49.86 seconds.

International competitions

1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final

Personal bests