Wendy Lian Williams

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameWendy Lian•Williams (-Champion)
Used nameWendy Lian•Williams
Other namesChaya Grace Champion
Born14 June 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri (USA)
Measurements170 cm / 56 kg
AffiliationsMiami Hurricanes, Coral Gables (USA)
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Wendy Lian Williams was a five-time US Champion who competed internationally for the US from 1984-91. She was 1989 World Cup champion and won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships on platform. While diving she studied psychology at the University of Miami, winning a 1989 NCAA Championship on platform. A back injury in early 1992 forced her to retire.

Williams had also worked as a model for several years, appearing in a layout in Mademoiselle magazine entitled “The Great American Body.” However, after her back injury, she finished her degree at Miami and then studied massage therapy and settled first in Hawai’i, on Maui, where she started her own massage practice, although after marrying, she and her husband lived in Virginia, and started a holistic medical practice called The Vibrancy Path. She was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. After her marriage, Williams also changed her name to Chaya Grace Champion.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Diving (Aquatics) USA Wendy Lian Williams
Platform, Women (Olympic) 3 Bronze

Special Notes