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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1972)}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|200 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|200m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]]|[[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|4×100m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Championships|CAC Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|1999 Bridgetown]] |200 m}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|2003 St George's]] |200 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games|2002 San Salvador]] |200 m}}
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'''Christopher Williams''' (born 15 March 1972) is a retired [[Jamaica]]n [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprinter]] who specialized in the [[200 metres]]. <ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/8003194.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810130049/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/8003194.shtml |archivedate=2008-08-10 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete biography: Christopher Williams |website=[[Beijing2008.cn]] |accessdate=1 September 2008}}</ref>

Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the [[200 metres]] at the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 World Championships]]. In 2001 he was named [[Jamaica Sportsman of the Year]]. Williams has competed in the [[Olympic Games]] three times, in [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], reaching the semi-finals of the 200m on all occasions. He was on the bronze medal-winning [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 metre relay]] team at the 2000 Olympics. He finished seventh in the 200m final at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]].

Williams represented [[Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. He competed at the [[200 metres]] and placed third in his first round heat after [[Brian Dzingai]] and [[Christian Malcolm]] in a time of 20.53 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.28 seconds and placed third again, this time after Dzingai and [[Walter Dix]]. He ran his semi final race in 20.45 seconds and placed sixth, which was not enough to make it to the Olympic final.<ref name="beijing"/> Married to Cherilyn Williams

==Achievements==
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|rowspan=2|1999
|[[1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]] 
|[[Bridgetown, Barbados]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|200 metres
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|[[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Winnipeg]], Canada
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
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|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
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|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Lisbon]], Portugal
| 4th
|200 metres
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|-
|rowspan=2|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|200 metres
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|-
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd<ref name="Pettigrew">The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to [[Antonio Pettigrew]] confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.</ref>
|4 × 400 m relay
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|2002
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[San Salvador]], El Salvador
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|200 metres
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#200 meters|21.04]] <small>(wind: -0.4&nbsp;m/s)</small>
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|rowspan=2|2003
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|200 metres
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|[[2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
|[[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]], Grenada
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|200 metres
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|-
|2005
|[[2005 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|200 metres
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|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Melbourne]], Australia
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]]
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==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in athletics]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{sports links}}

{{Jamaican Sportsman of the Year}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100 m Men|2006}}

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[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica]]
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[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics]]
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