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Desai Williams

Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	4×100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1986 Edinburgh	4×100 m relay
Silver	1982 Brisbane	4×100 m relay
Universiade
Silver	1983 Edmonton	100 metres
Silver	1983 Edmonton	4x100 m relay
Pacific Conference Games
Gold	1981 Christchurch	4x100 m relay
Silver	1981 Christchurch	100 metres
Bronze	1981 Christchurch	200 metres
Representing Americas
World Cup
Silver	1985 Canberra	4x100 m relay

Empson Othman Desai Williams (June 12, 1959 – April 10, 2022) was a Canadian sprinter, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. He was born in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.

Competing at the first two World Championships, where he reached the semi-final (1983 and 1987), he set his personal best 200 metres time with 20.29 s in 1983 and his 100 metres personal best time of 10.11 s from a 6th-place finish at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Williams trained with the Scarborough Optimists Track Club, which was affiliated with the Ben Johnson scandal. Club coach Charlie Francis, working with Dr. Jamie Astaphan, had supplied performance-enhancing drugs to Johnson, Williams, Tony Sharpe, Angella Taylor, Mark McKoy, and others.

Williams also worked as the speed coach for the Toronto Argonauts, training Olympic athletes Tremaine Harris, Phylicia George. and Justyn Warner, among others.

Williams was fired as a coach by Athletics Canada in 2015. ..... In 2018, he was handed a lifetime ban by Athletics Canada.

Williams died of a heart attack on April 10, 2022 at the age of 62.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
1983	World Championships	Helsinki	6th (sf)	200 m	20.71	wind +3.4

See also

In Spanish: Desai Williams para niños

• List of doping cases in athletics