Shericka Williams


Shericka Williams is a Jamaican former sprinter. Together with Novlene Williams-Mills, Ronetta Smith and Lorraine Fenton she won a silver medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2005 [World Championships in Athletics]. She also competed in the individual contest, but was knocked out in the semifinal. Two years later, she won another silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, this time with Shereefa Lloyd, Davita Prendergast and Novlene Williams-Mills. The team set a national record in that race, finishing second to the United States in a time of 3:19.73.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Williams won the silver medal in the Athletics at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 metres] in a personal-best time of 49.39 seconds. She also won bronze in the Athletics at the 2008 [Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay] with Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte and Novlene Williams-Mills.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she only competed in the 4 × 400 m relay, winning a silver medal with the Jamaican team of Christine Day, Rosemarie Whyte and Novlene Williams-Mills. She was also part of the Jamaican 4 × 400 m team that won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with a Commonwealth Games record.

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