- Monique Henderson
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Olympic medal record Women's athletics Competitor for the 
United StatesGold 2008 Beijing 4x400 meter relay Monique Henderson (born February 18, 1983 in San Diego, California) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[1]
Henderson prepped at Morse High School in San Diego '01. She is the only 4-time 400 meters California State Champion in the state's history from 98–01.[2] At age 17, she set a US junior class, as well as high school national record (since broken), at 50.74 in the 400 m at the CIF California State Meet. In 2000, she became the first high school athlete to make the US Olympic track & field team since 1976. She was a member of the 4x400 m squad but did not run. That year she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News.[3]
After graduating from high school in 2001 she accepted a scholarship to attend UCLA. While at UCLA she went on to be a 5-time Pac 10 champion. In 2004 she placed 2nd at the NCAA championships at 400 m. The next year she became the 2005 NCAA outdoor champion at 400 m, establishing a new NCAA record (50.10).
At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Henderson was part of the US team which finished first in the 4×400 meters relay. They were however disqualified in 2010 after Crystal Cox, who ran for the team in a preliminary round, admitted to using doping.[4]
References
- ^ Monique Henderson. Sports Reference (1983-02-18). Retrieved on 2011-09-03.
- ^ California State Meet Results – 1915 to present. dyestatcal.com
- ^ Track and Field News High School AOY. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-09-03.
- ^ Jamaica Observer (16 March 2010). "Jamaica gains Athens Olympics women's 4x400m silver". The Jamaica Observer. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Jamaica-Athens-Olympics-women-s-4x400m-silver?ito=feeds-newsxml. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
External links
California State Records before 2000
Olympic Champions in Women's 4×400 m relay - 1972: East Germany (Käsling, Kühne, Seidler, Zehrt)
- 1976: East Germany (Maletzki, Rohde, Streidt, Brehmer)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Prorochenko, Goistchik, Zyuskova, Nazarova)
- 1984: United States (Leatherwood, Howard, Brisco-Hooks, Cheeseborough)
- 1988: Sovie Union (Ledovskaya, Nazarova, Pinigina, Bryzhina)
- 1992: Unified Team (Ruzina, Dzhigalova, Nazarova, Bryzhina, Nurutdinova, Shmonina)
- 1996: United States (Stevens, Malone-Wallace, Graham, Miles, Wilson)
- 2000: United States (Miles Clark, Hennagan, Colander, Anderson)
- 2004: United States (Trotter, Henderson, Richards, Hennagan, Cox, Robinson)
- 2008: United States (Wineberg, Felix, Henderson, Richards, Hastings)
Categories:- 1983 births
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