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Connie Henry
Connie Cynthia Henry MBE (born 15 April 1972) is a female social mobility consultant and former international triple jumper who won bronze in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. She was founder of Track Academy by Connie Henry in north-west London, a registered charity which supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through sport, education and mentoring, thus creating social mobility.
Connie grew up in Kilburn, north-west London and attended St Mary's Primary School in Kilburn and St James' High School in Colindale, London. A promising athlete from a young age, she joined Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers at the age of 15, training under Dave Johnson at the Willesden Sports Centre. She began competing internationally in her late teens, and later with financial support from the National Lottery.
Connie gained a degree in sports science and history at St Mary's University before completing a PGCE at Brunel University. Discovering she had dyslexia, she decided to concentrate on athletics rather than follow a career in teaching.[citation needed]
Connie's early successes included taking silver at the 1992 AAA Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Training under Frank Attoh, she then won the AAA bronze medal in 1996 with a jump of 13.55m, coming behind Ashia Hansen and Michelle Griffith-Robinson. She came third at the briefly-revived UK Athletics Championships in 1997, again joining Hansen and Griffith-Robinson on the podium.
Connie moved to Sydney in the autumn of 1997 to train with Keith Connor, a former British Olympic triple jump medallist and then-Australian head coach.
The 1998 season proved to be the peak of her career, starting with a triple jump victory at that year's AAA Championships. She also set an Australian all-comers record of 13.86m, leading to an invitation to compete in the country's national championships.
In the summer of 1998, she set a personal best of 13.95m in Thurrock, took fourth at the 1998 European Cup, and represented Great Britain at the 1998 European Athletics Championships.
Her season culminated in a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where she jumped 13.94m to finish behind Hansen and Cameroonian Françoise Mbango.
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Connie Henry
Connie Cynthia Henry MBE (born 15 April 1972) is a female social mobility consultant and former international triple jumper who won bronze in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. She was founder of Track Academy by Connie Henry in north-west London, a registered charity which supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through sport, education and mentoring, thus creating social mobility.
Connie grew up in Kilburn, north-west London and attended St Mary's Primary School in Kilburn and St James' High School in Colindale, London. A promising athlete from a young age, she joined Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers at the age of 15, training under Dave Johnson at the Willesden Sports Centre. She began competing internationally in her late teens, and later with financial support from the National Lottery.
Connie gained a degree in sports science and history at St Mary's University before completing a PGCE at Brunel University. Discovering she had dyslexia, she decided to concentrate on athletics rather than follow a career in teaching.[citation needed]
Connie's early successes included taking silver at the 1992 AAA Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Training under Frank Attoh, she then won the AAA bronze medal in 1996 with a jump of 13.55m, coming behind Ashia Hansen and Michelle Griffith-Robinson. She came third at the briefly-revived UK Athletics Championships in 1997, again joining Hansen and Griffith-Robinson on the podium.
Connie moved to Sydney in the autumn of 1997 to train with Keith Connor, a former British Olympic triple jump medallist and then-Australian head coach.
The 1998 season proved to be the peak of her career, starting with a triple jump victory at that year's AAA Championships. She also set an Australian all-comers record of 13.86m, leading to an invitation to compete in the country's national championships.
In the summer of 1998, she set a personal best of 13.95m in Thurrock, took fourth at the 1998 European Cup, and represented Great Britain at the 1998 European Athletics Championships.
Her season culminated in a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where she jumped 13.94m to finish behind Hansen and Cameroonian Françoise Mbango.