Charonda Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American sprinter
Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1987
Place of Birth: Richmond, California, United States
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Charonda Williams
- Charonda Regina Williams (born March 27, 1987) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the sprint events.
- She is a 200-meter dash specialist and has a personal record of 22.55 seconds.
- She represented the United States at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in that event.
- She also runs in the 100-meter dash and has a best of 11.14 seconds. Williams began taking part in local track and field events after graduating from Gompers High School.
- She started competing regionally at Laney College and won community college conference titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, as well as the long jump.
- She began to study childhood education and family studies at Arizona State University in 2007.
- In her first outdoor season for the Arizona State Sun Devils, she set personal records for the 100 m (11.41 seconds) and 200 m (23.09).
- She competed at the NCAA Indoor and the NCAA Outdoor Championships that season and won both the Pac-10 Conference sprint titles.The following year she was 200 m runner-up at the NCAA indoors and was also a 60-meter dash finalist.
- She defended her Pac-10 titles, including a personal record run of 11.14 seconds in the 100 m.
- At the 2009 NCAA Outdoors she was second in the 200 m and sixth in the 100 m.
- The 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships saw her set a 200 m best of 22.55 seconds before going on to place fourth in the final.
- This earned her a place in the American World Championships squad and she was a semi-finalist in the women's 200 m in Berlin.She did not compete collegiately in 2010 and turned professional instead.
- She won the 100 m at the Mt.
- SAC Relays in April and ran the 200 m at the adidas Grand Prix in New York in June.
- At the USA Outdoor Championships she reached the 200 m but finished last.
- Williams ran on the 2011 Diamond League circuit, including a runner-up finish in Doha.
- She ran a best of 52.71 seconds for the 400-meter dash in March, but did not perform well at the U.S.
- Championships, being eliminated in the semi-finals.
- Williams had a number of good performances in Europe in 2012, including a win at the FBK Games, podium placings at the Bislett Games and Meeting Areva, then a win at the London Grand Prix.
- She did not gain a place on the Olympic team, however, as she failed to reach the 200 m final at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. Williams qualified in the 200 meters to the final at the 2013 world championships in Moscow.
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