Freddie Williams (runner)

Canadian track and field athlete (born 1962)

Frederick Lawrence "Freddy" Williams (born February 24, 1962, in Cape Town, South Africa) is a Canadian track and field athlete, known for running middle distances. He represented Canada in the 1992 Olympics running the 800 metres[1] and anchoring the Canadian 4 x 400 metres relay team. He also ran in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, in both 1991 and as a 6th place finalist in 1993 beating the 1992 Olympic gold medalist William Tanui in the process.

He was a home town finalist in the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto.[2]

While running for Abilene Christian University, he was the 1986 NCAA Champion.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Freddy Williams Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2. ^ 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Toronto - 800m Men Final. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.

## External links[edit]

* Freddie Williams at World Athletics

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US National Championship winners in men's indoor 800-meter dash

1906–1979
Amateur Athletic Union|

* 1906–7: Mel Sheppard
* 1908–10: Harry Gissing
* 1911: Abel Kiviat
* 1912: no meet
* 1913–4: Abel Kiviat
* 1915: Dan Caldwell
* 1916–7: John Overton
* 1918–20: Joie Ray
* 1921: Sid Leslie
* 1922: Harold Cutbill
* 1923: Ray Watson
* 1924: George Marsters
* 1925: Lloyd Hahn
* 1926: Ray Dodge
* 1927: Lloyd Hahn
* 1928–9: Ray Conger
* 1930: Paul Martin (SUI) * Ray Conger
* 1931: Ray Conger
* 1932: Dale Letts
* 1933: Glen Dawson
* 1934: Chuck Hornbostel
* 1935: Glen Dawson
* 1936: Chuck Hornbostel
* 1937: Elroy Robinson
* 1938: Frank Slater
* 1939–42: John Borican
* 1943: Jim Rafferty
* 1944: Les Eisenhart
* 1945: Don Burnham
* 1946: Fred Sickinger
* 1947: Bill McGuire
* 1948: Phil Thigpen
* 1949: Bob Mealey
* 1950–1: Roscoe Browne
* 1952: Don Gehrmann
* 1953: Heinz Ulzheimer (FRG) * Don Gehrmann
* 1954: Mal Whitfield
* 1955–7: Arnie Sowell
* 1958: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * Joe Soprano
* 1959: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * (3) Arnie Sowell
* 1960: Cary Weisiger
* 1961: Ernie Cunliffe
* 1962: John Reilly
* 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Robin Lingle
* 1964: Ernie Cunliffe
* 1965–6: Ted Nelson
* 1967: Preston Davis
* 1968: Tom Von Ruden
* 1969: Herb Germann
* 1970: Juris Luzins
* 1971: Tom Von Ruden
* 1972: Jozef Plachý (TCH) * (3) Ron Nehring
* 1973: Marcel Philippe
* 1974–6: Rick Wohlhuter
* 1977: Mike Boit
* 1978: Gideon Terer
* 1979: Evans White

1980–1992
The Athletics Congress|

* 1980–1: Bill Martin
* 1982: Don Paige
* 1983: Mark Belger
* 1984: Don Paige
* 1985: Edwin Koech (KEN)
* 1986: Johnny Gray
* 1987: Stanley Redwine
* 1988–91: Ray Brown
* 1992: Fred Williams (CAN) * (3) Ray Brown

1993–present
USA Track & Field|

* 1993: Stanley Redwine
* 1994: David Kiptoo (KEN)
* 1995: Joseph Tengelei (KEN)–Jose Parrilla
* 1996: Brandon Rock
* 1997–8: Mark Everett
* 1999: Khadevis Robinson
* 2000: Bryan Woodward
* 2001: Trinity Gray
* 2002: Derrick Peterson
* 2003: David Krummenacker
* 2004: Michael Stember
* 2005: Kevin Hicks
* 2006: Khadevis Robinson
* 2007: Nicholas Symmonds
* 2008–9: Khadevis Robinson
* 2010: Nick Symmonds
* 2011–2: Duane Solomon
* 2013–4: Erik Sowinski
* 2015: Robby Andrews
* 2016: Boris Berian
* 2017: Clayton Murphy
* 2018: Donavan Brazier
* 2019: Clayton Murphy
* 2020: Bryce Hoppel
* 2022–3: Bryce Hoppel

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*Distances have varied as follows: 1000 yards (1906–1986), 800 meters (1987–date) except 1000 meters (2015, 2017,2019)

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