Desirèe Henry

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

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 of 41.77, along with her teammates Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita.[2]

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