Christopher Williams (born 15 March 1972 in Mandeville) is a

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sprinter. Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the

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at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named

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. Williams has competed in the

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three times, in

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and

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, reaching the semi-finals of the 200m on all occasions. He was on the bronze medal-winning 4 x 400 metre relay team at the 2000 Olympics. He finished seventh in the 200m final at the 2007 World Championships. Williams represented

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. He competed at the

and placed third in his first round heat after

Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai (born 29 April 1981) is a former Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres

and

Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm (born 3 June 1979) is a retired Welsh track and field athlete who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme. Early life Malcolm was born and was brought ...

in a time of 20.53 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.28 seconds and placed third again, this time after Dzingai and

Walter Dix Walter Dix (born January 31, 1986) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the sixth-fastest 200-meter runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 ...

. He ran his semi final race in 20.45 seconds and placed sixth, which was not enough to make it to the Olympic final. Married to Cherylyn Williams

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Christopher 1972 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters People from Mandeville, Jamaica Olympic athletes of Jamaica Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Jamaican sportspeople in doping cases Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games