Jamie_Henderson_(athlete)

Jamie Henderson (sprinter)

Jamie Henderson (sprinter)

Scottish athlete (born 1969)

James Alexander Henderson (born 28 March 1969) is a Scottish former athlete who competed as a sprinter.[1]

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A former Edinburgh Academy pupil, Henderson was coached by Bob Inglis.[2] He won the UK Athletics Championships 100 metres title in 1986 and became the youngest ever champion for that event.[3] As a teenager he had further success with a third-place finish in the 100 metres at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athens and was 100 metres champion at the 1987 European Junior Championships, running a personal best of 10.21 seconds for the latter.[4]

Henderson represented Scotland in three editions of the Commonwealth Games, debuting in the 1986 Edinburgh games, where he was a 100 metres finalist and claimed a bronze with the 4×100 m relay team.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jamie's wish granted". Daily Record. 23 June 1986.
  2. [2]
    "Crown prince Jamie". Daily Record. 29 May 1986.
  3. [3]
    "Whizz Kids!". Daily Record. 28 July 1987.
  4. [4]
    "Why do great junior sprinters seldom cut it as seniors?". HeraldScotland. 13 July 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Time for new coaching methods". Daily Record. 4 August 1986.
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