Jeff Williams (sprinter)
Event Time ( sec ) Venue Date
50 metres 5.78 ? 1992
60 metres 6.67 ? 1995
100 metres 10.02 Atlanta , Georgia , United States June 14 , 1996
200 metres 19.87 Fresno , California , United States April 13 , 1996
200 metres ( indoor ) 20.40 ? 1996
Personal bests
Jeffrey Jeff Williams (born December 31, 1965) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 200-meter dash. He was the bronze medalist at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and reached the 200 m final at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He set an American record in the 200 m indoors in 1996. He was a late bloomer and attended his first world championship competition at the age of 29. Williams was unusual for an elite male runner at the time in that he had a female coach: 1968 Olympic gold medallist Barbara Ferrell.