Desiree is seen above during her semi final of the women's 100m in Zurich at the
2014 European Athletics Championship. She finished 7th. in the final having set
a new personal best of 11.16 in the semi final.
On the last day of the Championships she anchored the Great Britain team to a gold medal in the
women's 4 x 100m relay in a new British record time of 42.24 seconds.
On 28th August, again in Zurich, they repeated the feat with another UK record of 42.21.
4 x 100 metres relay final Zurich 17th August 2014.
Gold. Great Britain. 42.24
Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson,
Jodie Williams, Desiree Henry.
Silver. France. 42.25
Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan,
Myriam Soumare, Stella Akakpo
Bronze. Russia. 43.22
Marina Panteleyeva, Natalya Rusakova,
Yelizaveta Savlinis, Kristina Sivkova.
BRONZE MEDAL AT 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES.
Women's 4x100 metres relay final. 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
| 1. |
Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tori Bowie |
USA |
41.01 |
SB
|
2.
|
Christania Williams, Elaine Thompson, Veronica Campbell-Brown,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
|
Jamaica |
41.36 |
SB |
| 3. |
Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita |
Great Britain
|
41.77 |
NR |
| 4. |
Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Luckenkemper, Rebekka Haase |
Germany |
42.10 |
|
| 5. |
Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Khalifa St. Fort |
Trinidad and Tobago |
42.12 |
|
| 6. |
Olesya Povkh, Natalia Pohrebniak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelyzaveta Bryzgina |
Ukraine |
42.36 |
|