Ben Williams (triple jumper)

Ben Williams
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Williams
NationalityBritish
Born (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, U.K.
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
ClubSale Harriers
Coached byAston Moore and Femi Akinsanya
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Triple jump: 17.27 m

Benjamin Williams (born 25 January 1992) is a British triple jumper, who won an individual gold medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships.[1]

Career

At the end of 2012 Williams won a scholarship to the University of Louisville in January 2013.[2]

As a result of a knee injury, he has missed out on the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Rio 2016 Olympics, and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3]

His personal best jump is 17.14m. He achieved this at the European Athletics Team Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 11 August 2019, securing qualification for the World Championships in Doha, in September 2019, and for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His previous best was 16.74 metres, achieved in June 2015 in Eugene. He almost managed to equal that when jumping 16.73 metres at the 2017 European Team Championships Super League, finishing second.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ben Williams at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Ben Williams chases triple-jump Olympic dream in USA". BBC News. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ben Williams says it was 'unfinished business' that kept him going". BBC Sports. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.


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