Keshia Baker
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Fairfield,California | January 30, 1988
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | USA |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 4 × 400m Relay |
Keshia Chantay Baker(born January 30, 1988, inFairfield, California)[1]is an American track and field athlete. She competed at the2012 Summer Olympicsin the4 × 400 m relay event,running in the heats and winning a gold medal.[2]
While running for her home townFairfield High School,she finished third in the 400 meters at the 2006CIF California State Meet.[3]She had been a finalist the previous two years. Then she ran for theUniversity of Oregon.At the2010 NCAA Championships,she anchored Oregon's winning 4x400 relay team to victory, while finishing fourth in the open 400 meters. Earlier in the season, she was runner up in 400 meters at theNCAA Indoor Championships,[4]both times behind future Olympic teammateFrancena McCorory.
References
[edit]- ^NBCOlympics.com."Keshia Baker".NBCOlympics.com.RetrievedAugust 11,2012.
- ^Keshia Baker.sports-reference.com
- ^"State Finals - 2006".
- ^"Keisha Baker 400 runner-up, 4x4 champ 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships".
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- Living people
- 1988 births
- American female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Sportspeople from Fairfield, California
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Oregon Ducks women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from California
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic female sprinters
- 21st-century American women
- Fairfield High School (California) alumni
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
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