1. Jodie Alicia Williams was born on 28 September 1993 and is a retired British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres, having begun her career concentrating on 100 and 200 metres.
24 Facts About Jodie Williams
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At the 2022 European Championships, she was part of British 4 x 400 quartet than ran the second fastest time ever by a British women's team while Jodie Williams again won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games for England, her final major international medal.
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In 2024, aged 30, Jodie Williams was selected for her third Olympic Games as a relay-only runner.
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Jodie Williams finally won her first senior global medal, an Olympic bronze medal, as a heat-running member of the Great Britain women's 4 x 400 metres relay squad that finished third at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Four months later, with nine international medals and four British national titles, Jodie Williams announced her retirement from elite track and field athletics.
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Jodie Williams has two siblings, her younger brother Ben and younger sister Hannah Williams.
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Jodie Williams began to take athletics seriously when she was 13 years old.
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Jodie Williams was educated at Heath Mount School and Queenswood School, Hertfordshire, before attending Dame Alice Owen's School, in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
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Jodie Williams came first in her heat and semi final.
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Jodie Williams was the fastest qualifier, but suffered her first defeat in her athletics career by coming second in the final to American Stormy Kendrick.
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Jodie Williams ran a season's best time of 7.29 s and finished second behind Jeanette Kwakye at the Aviva UK Indoor Championships.
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Jodie Williams was chosen to run at the IAAF Indoor World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Jodie Williams had qualified for the final but was clearly not fully fit and heavily taped up.
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Unfortunately, Jodie Williams pulled up at the 60 m mark and appeared to pull her hamstring.
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In 2013, Jodie Williams did not compete during the indoor season, to presumably continue with her rehabilitation after the 2012 injuries.
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In Tampere, Jodie Williams continued her comeback by winning her 100 m heat and semi-final in 11.49 s and 11.44 s respectively.
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In July 2014, Jodie Williams took part in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow as a competitor for England.
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Jodie Williams won her first heat in 23.42, progressing to the semi-finals where she finished second in a time of 22.64 behind Blessing Okagbare which allowed her to qualify automatically for the final.
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Jodie Williams won her heat in 22.88s, progressing to the semi-finals, where she won in a time of 22.90s.
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Jodie Williams announced her retirement from track and field athletics in October 2024.
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Jodie Williams became British champion for the second time when winning the 200 metres event at the 2019 British Athletics Championships and her sister Hannah then won the same title at the 2020 British Athletics Championships.
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In 2021 Jodie Williams achieved a rare double at the British Championships, winning a third and fourth national title in the 400 and 200 metres.
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Jodie Williams has been used on many advertising campaigns, most recently the National Portrait Gallery 'Road to 2012: Aiming High' exhibition featured Jodie Williams amongst many other athletes.
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Jodie Williams has come runner-up to Tom Daley twice for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.