Briana Williams

Briana Nichole Williams (born 21 March 2002) is an American-born Jamaican female sprinter who is the world age-15 record holder, the world youth (under-18) and age-17 record holder, and the Jamaican junior (under-20) record holder in the women's 100 metres. She earned gold medals in the 100 metres, the 200 metres, and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 CARIFTA Games in the under-17 category, setting championship records in the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, earning her the games' Austin Sealy award. Later that year she became the youngest girl everto win both the 100 metres and the 200 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere. For her athletics achievements in 2018 she was nominated for the IAAF Female Rising Star and the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year awards.

At the 2019 CARIFTA Games Williams again tripled in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 × 100 m relay to win three gold medals in the under-20 category, and was the first Jamaican to earn the games' Austin Sealy award two years in a row since Usain Bolt in 2004.

Her personal best in the 100 m is 10.94 s, set on 21 June 2019 at the Jamaican Championships final in Kingston. A few hours earlier she had set both the Jamaican youth and Jamaican junior national records with a time of 11.01 s in the semi final. Her previous two personal bests from a few weeks earlier, 11.02 s and 11.10 s, were also simultaneously the Jamaican youth and Jamaican junior records. Her personal best before that, 11.13 s set in March 2018, is the world age-15 record.

Information from IAAF profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

• WU18B = world under-18 (youth) best
• NU20R = national (Jamaican) under-20 (junior) record
• CR = championship record

Seasonal bests

International championship results

• PB = personal best
• SB = seasonal best

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Wind	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2017	CARIFTA Games (U18)	Willemstad, Curaçao	3rd	100 m	11.80	−1.6
2018	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	11.27	+1.6	CR
			1st	200 m	23.11	+1.1	PB
			1st	4×100 m relay	44.95	n/a	CR, PB
	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	100 m	11.16	0.0
			1st	200 m	22.50	−0.1	CR, PB
2019	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Georgetown, Cayman Islands	1st	100 m	11.25	+0.3	SB
			1st	200 m	22.89	+0.9	SB
			1st	4×100 m relay	44.25	n/a	PB
	NACAC U18 Championships	Querétaro, Mexico	1st	100 m	11.11	+1.5	CR
	Pan American U20 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	100 m	11.38	−1.4
			2nd	4×100 m relay	44.36	n/a

National championship results

• w = wind-assisted (over +2.0 m/s)