Andrae Williams
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Andrae Williams (born July 12, 1983 in Freeport, Bahamas
) is a Bahamian athlete.
4 x 400 metres
relay team that finished 6th.
At the 2005 World Championships
, Williams and the Bahamas won silver in 4 X 400 m relay behind the United States.
, Chris Brown and Michael Mathieu
) won silver in the 4 x 400m relay in 2.59.18s.
Freeport, Bahamas
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of Grand Bahama of the North-west Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 50,000 acres Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of...
) is a Bahamian athlete.
2004
In the 2004 Olympic Games, Williams was a member of the BahamianThe Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
4 x 400 metres
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
The men's 4×400 metres relay was one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 27 to August 28, by a total of sixteen national teams comprising 64 athletes....
relay team that finished 6th.
2005
In June 2005, Williams set a new personal best of 44.90 in the 400 metres.At the 2005 World Championships
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
, Williams and the Bahamas won silver in 4 X 400 m relay behind the United States.
2007
At the 2007 World Championships, Williams (together with Avard MoncurAvard Moncur
Avard Moncur is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau.Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold medal in the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the 2001 World Championships...
, Chris Brown and Michael Mathieu
Michael Mathieu
Michael Mathieu is a Bahamian sprinter specializing in 200m and 400m. He was part of The Bahamas silver-medal winning team in the men's 4x400m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics running second leg and recording a 44.0 split. He was also apart of the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka 4x400...
) won silver in the 4 x 400m relay in 2.59.18s.