Keshia Baker

Keshia Baker
Personal information
Born (1988-01-30) January 30, 1988
Fairfield, California
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportAthletics
Event4 × 400 m Relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Daegu 4 × 400 m relay

Keshia Chantay Baker (born January 30, 1988, in Fairfield, California)[1] is an American track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay event, running in the heats and winning a gold medal.[2]

While running for her home town Fairfield High School, she finished third in the 400 meters at the 2006 CIF California State Meet.[3] She had been a finalist the previous two years. Then she ran for the University of Oregon. At the 2010 NCAA Championships, she anchored Oregon's winning 4 × 400 relay team to victory, while finishing fourth in the open 400 meters. Earlier in the season, she was runner up in 400 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships,[4] both times behind future Olympic teammate Francena McCorory.

References

  1. ^ NBCOlympics.com. "Keshia Baker". NBCOlympics.com. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Keshia Baker. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "State Finals - 2006".
  4. ^ "Keisha Baker 400 runner-up, 4x4 champ 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships".
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