Desirèe Henry

Desirèe Henry

Desirèe Henry (left) at the 2013 European Junior Championships.
Personal information
Born	August 26, 1995
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 meters and 400 meters
Coached by	Rana Reider
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 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

Childhood

Desiree was born on the 26th August 1995 in Edmonton, London. She attended Highfield Primary School and St Anne's Catholic High School]].

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.^[1]

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.

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 has recently began sprinting 400 meters in 2015. 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 with 41.77, along with her teammates Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita.^[2]

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 x 100 m	43.81
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 x 200 m	1:29.61
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	4th	100m	11.56 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			—	4×100m relay	DNF
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	100 m	11.43 (11.21)
			1st	4 x 100 m	42.24
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	4 x 100 m	42.10
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd (sf)	100 m	11.09^1
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th (sf)	100 m	11.09
			3rd	4 x 100 m	41.77

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

¹Did not finish in the final

References

1. "Desiree Henry". Power of 10. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
2. "Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain win Olympic women's 4x100m relay bronze". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.