What is Desai Williams?
'''Desai Williams''' (June 12, 1959 &ndash; April 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Desai Williams - Olympic |url=https://www.olympic.org/desai-williams |website=Olympic.org}}</ref> was a Canadian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]]. He won an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[bronze medal]] in [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|4 x 100 metres relay]] in [[1984 Summer Olympics]]. He was born in [[Basseterre]], [[St. Kitts and Nevis]]. Williams was fired as a coach by [[Athletics Canada]] in 2015. An investigation found that Williams had violated the organization's [[sexual harassment]] policy while a coach in 2010. In 2018, he was handed a lifetime ban by Athletics Canada.<ref>{{cite news |title=Athletics Canada hands lifetime ban to former sprinter Desai Williams |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/desai-williams-lifetime-ban-athletics-canada-1.4849461 |publisher=CBC |date=October 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Canada losing ground on abuse, harassment reporting in sports: study |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-sport-abuse-1.4895423 |publisher=CBC |date=November 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewing |first1=Lori |title=Canada falling behind in sports-related abuse and harassment reporting: study |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4640368/canada-behind-sports-abuse-harassment-reporting/ |publisher=Global News |date=November 7, 2018}}</ref> Williams died in April 2022 at the age of 62.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/desai-williams-obit-1.6417244</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Desai}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Black Canadian sportspeople]] [[Category:Canadian sprinters]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis people]] {{sports-bio-stub}}