Sada Williams (; born 1 December 1997) is a Barbadian sprinter competing primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Williams took gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
She represented her country at the 2017 World Athletics Championships but did not reach the semifinals.
Williams competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
She had a breakthrough 2022 season, finishing third in the 400 m at the World Championships Eugene 2022 in July. She improved her own national record to 49.75 seconds, coming home only behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo (49.11 s) and Marileidy Paulino, who ran a time of 49.60 s. About two weeks later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Williams won the title in a Games record time of 49.90 seconds. She continued her fine season in August by claiming silver behind only Miller-Uibo (49.40 s) at the NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, with a time of 49.86 seconds.
International competitions 2014CARIFTA Games (U18)Fort-de-France, Martinique2nd200 m23.431st400 m53.393rd4 × 400 m relay3:41.90World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States23rd (sf)200 m24.37Youth Olympic GamesNanjing, China8th400 m54.932015Pan American GamesToronto, Canada7th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:31.721Pan American Junior ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada3rd200 m23.492nd400 m52.752016CARIFTA Games (U20)St. George's, Grenada1st200 m22.72 ()1st400 m52.07World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd (sf)200 m23.3522017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom30th (h)200 m23.552019Pan American GamesLima, Peru6th400 m52.25World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar10th (sf)400 m51.312021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan9th (sf)400 m50.112022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (h)400 m52.65World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States3rd400 m49.75 Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England1st400 m49.90 NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas2nd400 m49.862023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd400 m49.602024Olympic GamesParis, France7th400 m49.832025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan13th (sf)400 m50.392026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom2nd400 m50.99 1Disqualified in the final 2Did not finish in the final
Personal bests 100 metres – 11.66 (0.0 m/s, St. Michael 2017) 200 metres – 22.59 (+1.5 m/s, Spanish Town 2024) 400 metres – 49.58 (Budapest 2023)
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