Angela Tramaine Williams (born January 30, 1980) is an American athlete. Williams attended the

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, graduating in 2002.USC OLYMPIANS, 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
LATimes.com, Accessed August 13, 2008. She won the

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as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2002, which qualified her as a nominee for the

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, awarded to the best overall female collegiate athlete in 12 sports. She was named the winner of that award also in 2002. Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a

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in the 60 metres competition at the

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. She later repeated the event at the 2003 Indoor Championships, but was upgraded to gold winner after Zhanna Block was disqualified for doping. At the

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she won silver in the

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, along with teammates

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, and

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. Williams also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the American team easily winning in the first heat but not being able to finish in the final. In 2002, Angela Williams became the first person to win four consecutive individual NCAA titles in the 100 m. In 1999, she won in 11.04 at the age of 19. In 2000, she clocked 11.12, 11.05w in 2001 and 11.29 in 2002. Williams represented the

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. She competed at the

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together with Mechelle Lewis,

and

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. In their first round heat they were disqualified and eliminated from the final. Williams had a stellar career as a youth athlete, setting the still currently ratified American records in the 100 meters, for age 9–10, 11–12, and 15–16, along with the 11–12 record for 200 meters. Williams attended

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and won the CIF California State Championships in the 100 metres in 1997 and 1998. Her 11.10 1998 winning time was the top mark of the twentieth century, beating

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. She also won the 200 metres in 1998 In 1997 and 1998 she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by ''

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''. She was the fourth female, and the fourth female California sprinter, to receive the honor twice. Williams was inducted into the

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Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame in 2024.

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California State Records before 2000

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Angela 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Bellflower, California Track and field athletes from California American female sprinters African-American track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists USC Trojans women's track and field athletes USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century African-American sportswomen 20th-century African-American sportswomen 20th-century American sportswomen Chino High School alumni NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners