Carlette Guidry-White
American sprinter
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| Born | September 4, 1968 (1968-09-04) (age 55) Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlette Denise Guidry-Falkquay (formerly Guidry-White, née Guidry; born September 4, 1968) is an American former sprinter who won gold medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. Her individual results include winning the 100 metres title at the 1990 Goodwill Games and a bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 1995 World Indoor Championships.[1][2]
Career
Born Carlette D. Guidry in Houston, Texas in 1968, she finished eighth in the 100 metres final at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, before going on to win Olympic relay gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where she also finished fifth in the 200 metres final.[2] She won a bronze medal in the 60 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships.,[1] and also finished fourth in the World Championships 100 metres final that year. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she won a second Olympic relay gold (she ran in the heats but not the final) and finished eighth in the 200 metres final.
At the collegiate level, Guidry competed for the Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas at Austin between 1987 and 1991. She collected a total of twelve NCAA titles, and was named Southwest Conference Athlete of the Decade in indoor track and outdoor track and field for the 1980s.[3][4] She was also honoured as Indoor Track And Field Most Outstanding Student-Athletes In Honor Of The 25th Anniversary Of NCAA Women's Championships.[5]
While at Texas, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1991.[6][7] She was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2014.[8]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1986 | Pan American Junior Championships | Winter Park, United States | 1st | 100 m | 23.73 |
| 1st | Long jump | 6.42 m | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 44.62 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 4th | 200 m | 23.46 | |
| 7th | Long jump | 6.13 m | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 43.78 | |||
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 1st | 100 m | 11.03 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.46 | |||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 100 m | 11.52 |
| heats | 4 × 100 m | DNF | |||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | 200 m | 22.30 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.11 | |||
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 60 m | 7.11 |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | 100 m | 11.07 | |
| 11th (sf) | 200 m | 22.91 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.12 | |||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 8th | 200 m | 22.61 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.49 (heats) | |||
| 1998 | World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.00 |
| (sf) = Indicates overall position in semifinals | |||||
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 10.94 (1991)
- 200 metres – 22.14 (1996)
- 400 metres – 51.53 (1994)
References
- ^ a b "2000 USATF ATHLETE BIOGRAPHY Carlette Guidry". USATF. 2000. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlette Guidry-White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "Sports notebook". Houston Chronicle. August 13, 1992. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ Graney, Ryan (March 29, 2011). "Carlette Guidry Falkquay to be recognized at this year's Texas Relays". Texassports.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ "NCAA Names Carlette Guidry And Trecia Kaye Smith Division I Indoor Track And Field Most Outstanding Student-Athletes In Honor Of The 25th Anniversary Of Women's Championships". News Release of the NCAA. February 28, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ "Longhorn Legends: Carlette Guidry". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Txtfhalloffame". Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
External
- Carlette Guidry-White at World Athletics
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- 1928:
Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook (CAN) - 1932:
Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA) - 1936: Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens (USA)
- 1948:
Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) - 1952: Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy (USA)
- 1956:
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert (AUS) - 1960:
Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph (USA) - 1964:
Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska (POL) - 1968: Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus (USA)
- 1972:
Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl (FRG) - 1976:
Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) - 1980: Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1984: Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford (USA)
- 1988: Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner, Evelyn Ashford, Dannette Young (USA)
- 1992: Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Gwen Torrence, Michelle Finn (USA)
- 1996: Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, Carlette Guidry (USA)
- 2000:
Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Lewis (BAH) - 2004:
Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald (JAM) - 2008:
Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert (BEL) - 2012: Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams (USA)
- 2016: Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Tori Bowie, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun (USA)
- 2020: Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison, Remona Burchell (JAM)
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