She is set to compete in the inaugural shortboard surfing competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
[1][2][3] When she was eight, Williams wrote on a surf poster that she wanted to be world champion and hung it up at her bed so that she would see it whenever she woke up.
When Australian Ellie-Jean Coffey cancelled her participation due to injury, Williams went to Brazil with ten days' notice.
[4] At the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games, Williams gained provisional qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by finishing 29th.
New Zealand had been allocated up to two spots for men and women surfers, respectively, but Paige Hareb came eighth at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games, but only the top seven qualified.