Nikaoli Williams
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| Born | 7 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Long jump: 8.16m (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Nikaoli Williams (born 7 October 2000) is a Jamaican long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2025 NACAC Championships.[1]
Early life
He attended Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica, before later studying at the University of Oklahoma in the United States.[2]
Career
He won the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in February 2023, with a jump of 7.73 metres whilst competing for the University of Oklahoma.[3] He subsequently competed at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and had a placing of eleventh overall.[4] In May, he also won the 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a jump of 7.80 metres in Oklahoma.[5]
He qualified for the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a third place finish in his regional championships.[2] He then placed eighth overall in the final of the Championships with a best jump of 7.76 metres.[6] Earlier that year he had also made appearance at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, but had failed to achieve a legal jump.[4]
He jumped 7.89 metres to finish second in the men’s long jump at the South-East Conference indoor championships at Texas in February 2025, whilst competing for the University of Oklahoma.[7] He was then runner-up to Kelsey Daniel at the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach with a jump of 7.96 metres.[8][4]
In June 2025, he placed third overall at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston, with a jump of 7.82 metres.[9] In August 2025, he won the gold medal in the long jump at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas with a jump of 8.16 metres.[10][11] This came after he was a late replacement into the Jamaican team for Carey McLeod.[12]
References
- ^ "Nikaoli Williams". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Jamaicans move on to NCAA national finals". Jamaica Gleaner. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Julien Alfred, Kevona Davis in 60m final at Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships". Track Alerts. 25 Feb 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Nikaoli Williams takes second in men's indoor long jump". Jamaica Observer. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Smith completes Big 12 jumps double". Jamaica Observer. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Pinnock fifth at NCAA championships". Jamaica Star. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Williams second in SEC men's long jump". Jamaica Observer. 27 Feb 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Taylor breaks national 800m record at NACAC Senior Championships". Radio Jamaica News Online. August 16, 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "JAAA makes changes to NACAC team". Jamaica Gleaner. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.