Shericka Williams
Shericka Williams 2009 in Berlin
Shericka Williams ( born September 17, 1985 in Black River) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400 -meter run.
At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005 and 2007 in Osaka, she won one silver medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 - meter relay team, left in the individual competition however, in the semi-finals. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she was fifth.
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she won over the 400 meters with her personal best of 49.69 s the silver medal behind Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) and Sanya Richards before (USA) and the bronze medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 -meter relay.
At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009, she won in a new personal best of 49.32 s the silver medal and another silver medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay.
In 2011, she reached at the World Championships in Daegu on the final 400 meters and finished there with a time of 50.79 s sixth place. With the 4 x 400 - meter relay team, she won along with Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast and Novlene Williams - Mills in the time of 3:18,71 min the silver medal.
At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, she again won bronze with the Jamaican 4 x 400 - meter relay team.
Shericka Williams is 1,67 m tall and weighs 54 kg. She grew up in the district of Saint Elizabeth Parish Whitehall, attended St. Elizabeth Technical High School and studied at the University of Technology ( UTech ), Kingston. She is romantically involved with the cricket player Jerome Taylor.