Name: Kendell Williams
Sport: Track and Field
Event(s): Heptathlon
Height: 5-10
DOB: 6/14/1995
Birthplace: Arlington , Va.
Hometown: Kennesaw , Ga.
High School: Kell High School (Marietta, Ga.) ‘13
College: University of Georgia ‘17, Public Relations
Coach(es): Kris Mack
Olympic Experience
- Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (heptathlon)
- Olympic Games Rio 2016, 17th (heptathlon)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 5th (heptathlon)
- Years of participation: Indoor – 2016, 2018; Outdoor – 2017, 2019
- Top Finish: 5th – 2019 (heptathlon)
Personal:
Daughter of Blane and Theresa Williams...Has one brother, Devon...Won the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships...Three-time NCAA indoor pentathlon champion (2014-2016)...2014 NCAA outdoor heptathlon champion...Named the 2016 U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Women's Field Athlete of the Year.
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