Jillian Mary "Jill" Camarena-Williams, née Camarena, (March 2, 1982) is an American retired track and field athlete, who has competed in the shot put. She represented the United States at the 2012 and 2008 Beijing Olympics and both indoor and outdoors at World Championship-level.
She took back-to-back titles in the shot put at the Pan American Junior Championships in 1999 and 2001.Pan American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. Domestically, she is a two-time USA Outdoor Champion in the shot put, having won in 2006 and 2010. Camarena-Williams set an American indoor record in the shot put to win at the 2011 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a mark of 19.87 meters to improve upon Ramona Pagel's record which had stood since 1987.Lee, Kirby (2011-02-28). National records for Camarena-Williams and Suhr top seven world leads in Albuquerque – USA indoor champs WRAP. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.
Born in Woodland, California, she is listed at 5 foot 10 inches tall and 250 lbs.Jillian Camarena She did her undergraduate work at Stanford University and graduate studies at Brigham Young University. She is a Latter-day Saint."All the way back and on to Beijing", Church News, August 2, 2008. Camarena-Williams married her physiotherapist, Dustin Williams, in 2010.Continental Cup Biographical Summaries – Camarena-Williams, Jill . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. On July 29, 2016 - Camarena-Williams announced the four city team challenge at Track Town, USA in Eugene, Oregon on ESPN was her final competition.
Doping ban In October 2013, Camarena-Williams was hit with a six-month suspension from the US Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for clomiphene. The substance was discovered in an out-of-competition test conducted on July 1. The punishment was implemented retrospectively, meaning she was cleared to compete again on January 1, 2014.. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
Achievements 1999Pan American Junior ChampionshipsTampa, United States 1stShot put2001Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina 1stShot put2006World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 7thShot putWorld Cup Athens, Greece 6thShot put2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 10th (qualifiers)Shot put2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain 14th (qualifiers)Shot putOlympic Games Beijing, China 12thShot put2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany 12th (qualifiers)Shot put2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar 6thShot putDécaNation Annecy, France1stShot put2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 2ndShot putDécaNation Nice, France1stShot put2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey 3rdShot putOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom16th (qualifiers)Shot put2015Pan American GamesToronto, Ontario, Canada2ndShot putNACAC ChampionshipsSan Jose, Costa Rica1stShot put
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