Background
Williams was born on November 20, 1995 to parents, Tony and Marlene Williams. She grew up in Randallstown, Maryland and graduated from Roland Park Country School in 2014.
Williams was born on November 20, 1995 to parents, Tony and Marlene Williams. She grew up in Randallstown, Maryland and graduated from Roland Park Country School in 2014.
She is also on the Jamaican national gymnastics team and has been since 2010. Toni-Ann trained at United Gymnastix in Reisterstown, Maryland throughout her whole club career. She moved up to Level 10 in 2009 and joined the Jamaican national gymnastics team in 2010.
She was hoping to qualify to the 2012 Olympics but was unable because she didn"t meet requirements at the 2011 Worlds.
Williams represented Jamaica at her second World Championships in 2013, in Antwerp, Belgium. Williams" first season in the National Collegiate Athletic Association was during the 2015 season for the California Bears.
2015 season: Freshman
Williams quickly became one of Cal"s top gymnasts to ever compete in the program, even in her freshman season. On February 13, 2015, during a regular season meet against Oregon State, she broke the school record on vault, scoring a 9.975.
During the regular season, she peaked at #1 nationally on floor on February 23, 2015 and has reached as high as #5 nationally on vault (on March 2, 2015).
She qualified to the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Gymnastics Championships as an individual all-arounder. In February 2015, it was announced that she and British gymnast and University of California, Los Angeles gymnast, Danusia Francis, would participate at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and try to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They are taking donations to help with the funding through crowdfunding website, GoFundMe.