Desirèe Henry

Henry at the 2013 European Junior Championships
Personal information
Born	(1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 28)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 meters and 400 meters
Coached by	Mike MacFarlane
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay World Championships 2017 London 4×100 m relay European Championships 2014 Zürich 4×100 m relay European Junior Championships 2013 Rieti 4×100 m relay 2013 Rieti 200 m World Youth Championships 2011 Lille 200 m World Relays 2014 Nassau 4×200 m relay

Desirèe Henry (born 26 August 1995) is an English sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2016 Rio Games, and a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the World Athletics Championships in London on 12 August 2017.

Childhood

Henry was born on 26 August 1995 in Edmonton, London. She attended Highfield Primary School and St Anne's Catholic High School. She is of Antiguan and Guyanese descent. ^[1]

Career

Henry is the 2011 World Youth Champion in the 200 meters. Her personal bests are 11.06 for the 100 meters, 22.46 for the 200 meters and sprinted 52.27 in the 400 meters all set in 2016. ^[2]

Henry was one of seven young people who lit the Olympic cauldron at the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. All were nominated by famous British Olympians, with Henry being nominated by decathlete Daley Thompson. ^[3]

Henry improved her personal bests in 2016 to 11.06 in the 100 meters and 22.46 in the 200 meters and earned selection for the Rio Olympics. She began sprinting over 400 meters in 2015 but soon returned to shorter distances. In Rio, she reached the semifinals of the 100 metres, running 11.09, having run 11.08 in her heat. She went on to win a bronze medal in the sprint relay, setting a new British record of 41.77, along with her teammates Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita. ^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Great Britain
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	1st	200 m	23.25
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	200 m	23.34
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	2nd	200 m	23.56
			1st	4 × 100 m	43.81
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 200 m	1:29.61
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	4th	100m	11.56 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m	DNF
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	100 m	11.43 (11.21)
			1st	4 × 100 m	42.24
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	4 × 100 m	42.10
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd (sf)	100 m	11.091
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th (sf)	100 m	11.09
			3rd	4 × 100 m	41.77
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	18th (sf)	100 m	11.24
			2nd	4 × 100 m	42.12
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	–	4 × 100 m	DNF

Note: Results in brackets indicate superior time achieved in qualifying rounds.

¹Did not finish in the final

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