Lucinda Williams (athlete)

Lucinda Williams

Williams at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Lucinda Williams Adams
Born	August 10, 1937 (1937-08-10) (age 87) Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	TSU Tigers, Nashville
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.7 (1960) 200 m – 23.4 (1959)[1][2]
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m relay Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 100 m 1959 Chicago 200 m 1959 Chicago 4×100 m relay

Lucinda Williams (later Adams, born August 10, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals of the individual 100 m and 200 m events in 1956 and 1960. She earned three gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in these three events.^[1] In 1994, she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.^[3]

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