13 Facts About Novlene Williams-Mills

Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills is a retired Jamaican track and field athlete.

Novlene Williams-Mills won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships.

Novlene Williams-Mills is a graduate of Ferncourt High School, located in Claremont, St Ann Parish, Jamaica.

Novlene Williams-Mills attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Tom Jones' Florida Gators track and field team.

Novlene Williams-Mills graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in 2004.

In March 2020, Williams-Mills announced that she was pregnant with Twins.

Novlene Williams-Mills placed 5th in the individual 400 m event.

Novlene Williams-Mills missed most of the 2013 season due to undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, Novlene Williams-Mills finished sixth in the 400 m final involving four Jamaican women.

In 2016, Novlene Williams-Mills only competed in the relay at the 2016 Olympic games, running as the anchor leg for Jamaica trying to pass Allyson Felix of the US, but during the final stretch Allyson manage to hold off Novelene to get gold for the US and Jamaica got silver.

In 2017, Novlene Williams-Mills won the 400 m at the Jamaica invitational, winning in a time of 50.56.

At the London 2017 World Championships, Novlene Williams-Mills made the final of the women's 400 m and came in eighth place in a time of 51.49.

In July 2013, Novlene Williams-Mills told members of the media that she was diagnosed with breast cancer before the 2012 Olympics.