![]() Williams at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lucinda Williams Adams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | August 10, 1937 (1937-08-10) (age 86) Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TSU Tigers, Nashville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.7 (1960) 200 m – 23.4 (1959)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucinda Williams (later Adams, born August 10, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals of the individual 100 m and 200 m events in 1956 and 1960. She earned three gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in these three events.[1] In 1994 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
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US National Championship winners in women's 200-meter dash | |
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1926–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress |
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1993–present USA Track & Field |
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