U.S.A. Track & Field

Events:    100m, 200m, 60m (indoor)

Recent Plays

Winner, 2006 Visa Humanitarian of the Year

Leader, Lauryn Williams Mentoring Program (a Fun 4 Kidz program)

Sponsor Athlete, Fun 4 Kidz

Athlete Ambassador, Right to Play

Playing For:

FUN 4 KIDZ     RIGHT TO PLAY

How She's in the Game

Lauryn Williams is a world-class, Olympic sprinter who is actively involved in the Miami community. In 2006, she was Visa's Humanitarian of the Year for the contributions she made to Miami victims of Hurricane Katrina. Through Williams' generosity, 20 families received much-needed funding to get back on their feet.

Williams is also involved with Fun 4 Kidz, a program that helps underserved children in South Florida participate in after school classes, activities and leagues. As part of her involvement with Fun 4 Kidz, Lauryn launched the Lauryn Williams Mentoring Program. The program pairs 25 kids with 25 student-athletes from the University of Miami Football and Track teams. She is currently learning sign language through her work with deaf children in Arcola Middle School.

Since 2004, Williams has been an Athlete Ambassador with Right to Play, an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Williams traveled to Sierra Leone to see the impact of the programs and share her positive attitude and love of sport with a group of children affected by war, poverty and disease.

Williams is constantly inspired by people who step up and give to someone in need. As a young athlete she was not always able to cover travel or equipment expenses herself. People who saw potential in her helped out- and that's when she realized how important it is to reach out to others in some way. She believes it takes just one act of kindness to change a person's life path, so she tries to be the source of that kindness whenever she can.

About Lauryn Williams

Lauryn Williams was born and raised in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan. She attended the University of Miami, where she excelled as an athlete in the 100m (NCAA Champion). Williams won a silver medal in the 100 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She's also a 4-time medalist at the World Championships, where she won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay in 2005 and 2007, as well as gold and silver in the 100m in 2005 and 2007. She currently lives and trains in Miami, Florida.