Tameka Williams
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Born | Basseterre | 31 August 1989
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, Long Jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.18 200m: 22.45[1] |
Tameka Williams is a sprinter from St Kitts and Nevis. In 2012, she was banned from the Olympic Games for doping offenses.[2] She was set to compete in the Women's 100m and the Women's 200m.[1] Williams admitted to having injected "Blast Off Red", a performance-enhancing drug used on race animals.[3] She has denied taking any illegal substances, what she injected was not listed under the World Anti-Doping Agency banned substances; however the material falls by being under the category of veterinary medicine on the prohibited list.[3]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 37th (h) | 100m | 12.00 (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23rd (sf) | 100m | 11.99 (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
30th (h) | 200m | 24.55 (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |||
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.10 | |||
2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.53 NR |
2010 | NACAC U23 Championships | Miramar, Florida, United States | 8th | 100m | 12.78 (wind: +2.2 m/s) w |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tameka Williams". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Sprinter Tameka Williams sent home over drugs - Athletics - Scotsman.com". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
- ^ a b LK Hewlett (3 August 2012). "Public Calling for Answers from Tameka Williams". The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Basseterre
- Saint Kitts and Nevis female sprinters
- Doping cases in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Pan American Games competitors for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Olympic female sprinters
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