Current Residence:  Chicago, IL
Birthdate: December 14, 1960
Events: 100m, 200m, 400 Meter Relay
Height: 5ft-5in
Weight: 125 lbs.
PRs: 100m - 10.86 (1983); 200m - 22.60 (1983); 400m Relay-41.30 (1983)
Birth Place:  Chicago, IL
High School: Dunbar Vocational HS (IL) '79
College:  Governors State University 2002
Member:  USA Track and Field - Illinois

Career Highlights: 1980 & 1984 Two-time Olympian; 100m Bronze medalist (1983);
1987 World Championships 400m Relay Gold medalist.  Diane Williams won the 1987 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships running 10.90.

Competition Results & Rankings
Diane Williams placed 4th in the 100 meters with a time of 11.07 at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy.  Williams proved her versatility by ending her season ranked in the top ten in the World by Track & Field News in the 100 meters (#5); she also ranked (#1) on the All Time U.S. List, and posted a personal best in that event at the 1988 Olympic trials in Indianapolis, IN.

1988 – Gold Medal – Meeting Internazionale, Grosseto, Italy in the Women’s 100 meters
1986 – Gold Medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival and Gold Medal – Mockba, Russia
(USA vs USSR) 400 Meter Relay
1986 – Silver Medal – Internazionale Di Atletica Leggera Meet in the Women’s 100 meters
1986 – Gold Medal – Regione Del Veneto, Italy in the Women’s 100 Meters
1986 – 20 World Formia Meeting, Italy in the Women’s 100 Meters1985 & 1986 – Williams’ National rankings were #6 on the U.S. track and field list
1984 - She placed 4th in the Women’s 100 meters at the US Olympic Trials in Los Angeles, CA
1984 – She earned a Silver Medal at the Memorial IVO Van Damne, Germany in the Women’s 100 meters

1983 - Williams won the Bronze Medal in the Women’s 100 meters with a time of 11.06 at the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.  She was also the Pan American Games Silver Medalist in the 100 meters.  Williams was ranked the 5th fastest sprinter in the world by Track and Field News in the 100 meters.

1983 & 1982 - Diane Williams was ranked the 2nd fastest sprinter in the U.S. by Track and Field News in the 100 meters.  She was also ranked the 7th fastest sprinter in the world by Track and Field News in the 100 meters. 

1980 - Diane Williams placed 5th at the US Olympic Trials, Eugene, Oregon; and was ranked in the top ten in the U.S. by Track and Field News in the 100 meters (#6).

Other Results

1979: - 100 yard dash (1st place) 10.90 Class AA - IHSA Girls Track and Field           
200 yard dash (1st place) 24.90 Class AA - IHSA Girls Track and Field
1979 – Ranked 1st on the all time IHSA Girls Track and Field List (Class AA)
1978 – 2nd place in the 100 yard dash Class AA IHSA Girls Track and Field
1978 - 8th place in the 200 yard dash Class AA IHSA Girls Track and Field
1978 - 1st place in the 440-yard relay at Chicago, Dunbar:  48.06           
Team members: Karen Caldwell, Desiree Pritchett, Delhia Williams, Diane Williams
1978 - 4th place in the 880-yard relay – (Dunbar Vocational HS)           3rd place in the 880-yard medley relay – (Dunbar Vocational HS)
1976 - 8th place in the girls 100 yards -(Dunbar Vocational High HS)

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