Percy Alfred Williams OC (May 19, 1908 – November 29, 1982) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the 100 and 200 metres races at the 1928 Summer Olympics...
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Percy Williams may refer to: Percy Williams (sprinter) (1908–1982), Canadian athlete Percy Williams (New Zealand rugby league player), played for Wigan...
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player Penny Williams (1937–2018), American politician in Oklahoma Percy Williams (sprinter) (1908–1982), Canadian athlete Percy G. Williams (1857–1923)...
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Thorburn Conor Trainor John van't Schip Larry Walker, baseball player Percy Williams, sprinter Steve Yzerman (born 1965), ice hockey player Hank Bull, painter...
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Perry (English tennis player) Leonard Hutton, English cricketer Percy Williams (sprinter) Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer...
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Armin Hary (category German male sprinters)
retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the...
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own world record to 9.79 seconds. He was the first Canadian sprinter since Percy Williams in 1928 to win the 100 metres at the Olympics. Johnson later...
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Andre De Grasse (category Canadian male sprinters)
equaled Percy Williams and Donovan Bailey among Canadian sprinters, leading The National Post to proclaim him "the greatest Canadian Olympic sprinter in history...
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100 metres (redirect from 100m sprint)
runners' ears, and the time they take to react to it. For many years a sprinter was disqualified if responsible for two false starts individually. However...
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was a sprinter on the track team, competing in the 100-meter dash and the 4 × 100 meters relay. Playing for the high school baseball team, Williams set...
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200 metres (redirect from 200-meter sprint)
at the Olympic Games: by Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in 1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956...
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competed. NOCs were limited to 4 competitors each. The event was won by Percy Williams of Canada, taking the nation's first men's 100 metres gold medal. Jack...
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Donovan Bailey of Canada, the nation's first title in the event since Percy Williams won it in 1928. Canada's Donovan Bailey won the gold medal, breaking...
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Robert Kerr (athlete) (category Canadian male sprinters)
Robert Kerr (June 9, 1882 – May 12, 1963) was an Irish Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres...
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medal in the event. Defending Olympic champion and world record holder Percy Williams of Canada did not advance past the semifinals. Takayoshi Yoshioka was...
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Allan Wells (category Scottish male sprinters)
field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In 1981, he was both the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF...
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'Double' at the same Olympic Games—Archie Hahn (1904), Ralph Craig (1912), Percy Williams (1928), Eddie Tolan (1932), Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956)...
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Ferdinand Omanyala (category Kenyan male sprinters)
Ferdinand Omanyala Omurwa (born 2 January 1996) is a Kenyan sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. In 2022, he won his first international...
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Jeff Demps (category American male sprinters)
where he was a running back for the Florida Gators football team and a sprinter for the Florida Gators track and field team. He is the only Florida Gator...
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Shaun Abrahams, 800m runner Cornel Fredericks, track-and-field sprinter Paul Gorries, Sprinter Leigh Julius, 2004-08 Olympian Geraldine Pillay, 2004 Olympian...
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American singer-songwriter and drummer 1962 – Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter 1963 – Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1963...
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Howard McPhee (category Canadian male sprinters)
heralded by the Canadian press as "the fastest runner in Canada after Percy Williams," who won the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres dashes at Amsterdam...
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Jack London (athlete) (category English male sprinters)
semi-final, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres final, behind Canadian Percy Williams. He then won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay with his teammates...
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Jump Horace Gwynne – Boxing, Men's Bantamweight Percy Williams – Athletics, Men's 100 m Percy Williams – Athletics, Men's 200 m Ethel Catherwood – Athletics...
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Asafa Powell (category Jamaican male sprinters)
Asafa Powell CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between...
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behind Djamolidine Abdoujaparov. After four seasons with Moducel he joined Percy Bilton riding alongside Bob Downs and John Herety. That same season he had...
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(born 1968), Australian cricket player Zoey Clark (born 1994), British sprinter Zoi Paraskevopoulou, Greek archer Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (born 2001), New...
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American sports journalist Kelli White (born 1977), American sprinter Kelli Williams (born 1970), American actress Kelli Young (born 1982), English...
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Robert Woods (wide receiver, born 1992) (category American male sprinters)
and played in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. As an accomplished sprinter, Woods was a 2010 All-USA high school track & field selection by USA Today...
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Akani Simbine (category South African male sprinters)
Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter specialising in the 100 metres event. He was fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the...
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