Jodie Williams Athlete
Jodie Alicia Williams (born 28 September 1993) is a British sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She is the former World Youth Champion over both distances, the reigning World Junior and European Junior Champion in the 100 m and European Junior Champion in the 200 m. Williams had a five-year long unbeaten streak of 151 races in the sprints, beginning with the start of her athletics career in 2005 and lasting until July 2010, when she was runner-up to Stormy Kendrick in the 200 m at the World Junior Championships. Williams is the British youth record holder over the 60 m, 100 m and 200 m and the British junior record holder over the 100 m. At the age of sixteen, she was the top-ranked British woman over 200 m in 2010. Williams has been described as the "sort of athlete every country is waiting for" by UK Athletics Head Coach, Charles Van Commenee, and has also been praised by Allyson Felix, who stated "I think Jodie has great potential. She's young but she can still accomplish a lot of things".
