Shana L. Williams (born April 7, 1972) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the long jump.

She began to focus on track and field more while attending college, competing in various disciplines as a heptathlete, and had much success in the Big East Conference.

However, she again took up the long jump in seriousness the following year, moving to Eugene, Oregon to work under the tutelage of Elżbieta Krzesińska – a Polish Olympic champion and former world record holder in the event.

[5] On her Olympic debut on home soil she failed to record a mark, fouling three times, and was eliminated from the competition.

[4] She took the long jump gold medal at the 1998 Goodwill Games, beating reigning world champion Lyudmila Galkina with a wind-assisted mark of 6.93 m.[7] She closed the season with a sixth-place finish at the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final and her performances ranked her as the seventh best jumper in the world and second best American.

In the world long jump competition she set an indoor career best of 6.82 m, which brought her the silver medal behind Tatyana Kotova.