WILLIAMS Hannah

Date of Birth: 23 Apr 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay GBR Great Britain	5

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2021	1 x 5th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
5	2021	400m	Gateshead, GBR	53.35

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	3rd (3:29.38)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Model

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Herts Phoenix [Great Britain]

Coach:

Glyn Hawkes

Sporting relatives:

Her older sister Jodie competed for Great Britain in athletics [200m] at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (teamgb.com, 28 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jul 2021)

Start:

She began athletics at around age eight. (euphoriazine.com, 29 Oct 2020)

Reason:

"My sister Jodie was already competing at a high level within athletics so I decided that I would give it a try." (euphoriazine.com, 29 Oct 2020)

General Interest

General
SISTER ACT
She says her older sister Jodie has been an important influence on her sporting career. "Jodie has definitely inspired me. I look at all of her medals and just think, 'Wow'. I have also seen all the highs and lows of the sport through her, so have a lot of respect for her." When she was younger she considered quitting the sport due to comparisons with her sister. "I really hated it because when I was at school people would always ask if I was faster than her and I had to say 'no' and I always felt really embarrassed by it. I wanted to quit because I wasn't reaching where she was reaching at my age. I feel like my friends and schoolteachers would always compare us so I automatically felt slow because I wasn't anywhere near her times and I was put down by people, not purposely, it was just how it made me feel. My progression has been gradual whereas she was at the top from the beginning. We took very different pathways." (athleticsweekly.com, 28 Sep 2015; britishathletics.org.uk, 01 Jun 2018)

EVENT CHANGE
She began as a short sprinter before switching to the 400m. "It all started when my coach wanted me to try a 400m indoors as part of my training. I was reluctant to do it but I surprised myself with the time and thought that maybe I could actually be good at it, so I started doing 400m training." (athleticsweekly.com, 28 Sep 2015)

OCCUPATION
She works as a model and has started her own sustainable clothing brand called HW Studio. (euphoriazine.com, 29 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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