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| Nationality | Bahamian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.23 (Mankato, 2023) 100m: 11.28 (Austin, 2024) 200m 23.07 (Mankato, 2024) 400m: 53.63 (Mankato, 2023) 60m hurdles: 7.93 (Mankato, 2024) 100m hurdles: 12.60 (Mankato, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Denisha Cartwright (born 28 December 1999) is a Bahamian sprinter and sprint hurdler. [1]
Cartwright grew up in the Bahamas before attending Minnesota State University. [2] [3]
In 2021, she was a NACAC U23 Championships bronze medallist in San Jose, Costa Rica in the 100 metres. [4]
In May 2022, she won the NCAA Division II gold in the women’s 100m hurdles, winning in a new personal best time of 13.35 seconds. [5]
The following year she retained her title in the women’s 100 metre hurdles running 12.94 seconds. [6]
In March 2024, Cartwright was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year for the fourth consecutive year. This came after she won the conference 60 metre hurdles indoor title for the fourth year in a row, running an NCAA record time of 7.93. She also broke the NSIC record in the 200m dash in a time of 23.68 and won the 60m dash with a time of 7.23, tying her own record from 2023. [7]
In April 2024, she won the Texas Relays 100m hurdles. [8] She competed at the NSIC Outdoor Championship in May 2024, and won the 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles. Her winning time of 12.60 seconds in the 100m hurdles broke the NSIC record and met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [9]
She is the daughter of Bahamian former volleyball national team player and coach Leslie ‘Russia’ Cartwright. [10]
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This article is about the Athletics in the Bahamas from the early 20th century to onward
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