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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Connie Henry (born 15 April 1972 in London) is a British sports journalist and former triple jumper who represented Great Britain and England internationally.She was second at the AAA Championships in 1992 but it was another four years before she reached the podium for a second time, when she took the AAA bronze medal in 1996. That year, her season's best jump of 13.55 metres left her ranked third in the event nationally behind Ashia Hansen and Michelle Griffith. She was third at the briefly revived UK Athletics Championships in 1997, finishing behind Hansen and Griffith at the event.The 1998 season proved to be the peak of her career, which she began with her sole triple jump victory at the AAA Championships. She set an Australian all-comers record of 13.86 m en route to her win as an invited athlete at the country's national championships. In the summer she set a personal best mark of 13.95 m in Thurrock, took fourth at the 1998 European Cup, and represented Great Britain at the 1998 European Athletics Championships. Her season culminated in a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where she jumped one centimetre off her best to finish behind Hansen and Cameroonian Françoise Mbango.She was third at the 2000 AAA Championships, but she decided to retire from professional athletics that year. Since her retirement, she has moved into athletics journalism and founded and currently directs Community Interest Company Connie Henry's Track Academy. She has provided commentary for broadcasters such as Eurosport and the BBC, reporting on events such as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics.Track Academy was founded by Connie Henry in 2007. She has designed it to be a programme that provides children with a positive alternative from a life in gangs, drugs, crime or complete lethargy. Offering sports activities, mentoring and study support, the Academy hopes to bridge the gap between sport and how it can be used to motivate a young mind to believe it can achieve in other areas. At first, Connie just wanted to create a simple athletics training squad. She contacted her colleagues from the world of international athletics and put together a group of coaches that were unmatched anywhere in the country when it came to coaching junior athletes. This was known as the Willesden Junior Athletics Squad (WJAS). However it soon became apparent that the young people walking through the door needed a lot more than just athletic coaching. The coaches were spending more and more time mentoring their athletes and the balance became unworkable. It was clear that some mentors needed to be brought in. Soon the obvious need for some study support was also identified. All this extra support began to take a toll on the Director and the small community organisation of WJAS. After frantically searching for help there was still not enough funding for the project or hours in the day for one person to run it all. In 2010 Connie Henry had made the painful decision to shut down the WJAS as she could not sustain the responsibility anymore. At this point the West London Sports Trust, a charity established to help young people through sport, approached WJAS to create a partnership. The Trust were looking to revamp itself and go London wide and it was impressed by the statistics and results that WJAS had both on and off the track. Both projects were retitled in order to reflect their true goals. West London sports Trust became The London Sports Trust and Willesden Junior Athletic squad became Track Academy. Together the two organisations were able to secure enough funding not only to sustain the activities of WJAS but to help them flourish as Track Academy. The official Launch of Track Academy was on May 23rd 2011.Connie Henry has several mantras by which she lives her life: “It’s not about the destination, it’s about what you learn on the way and what you do with that information” “You have to believe you are more than the circumstances that you are born into” “Surround yourself with people that know more than you” “Hard does not mean bad” “What you want to do isn’t always the thing you SHOULD be doing. But the thing you SHOULD be doing normally gets you what you want” The whole of Connie’s life journey and the quotes above have been poured into Track Academy to create a system that will create extraordinary young people- Young people that will become social leaders, extraordinary mentors and responsible individuals and maybe, just maybe, Track Academy will be able to create an Olympian or two, though that is simply not the overriding concern of all involved. Track Academy is now a well structured, stable, Community Interest Company, with a great track record of changing the lives of hundreds of young people.. }

• Connie_Henry abstract "Connie Henry (born 15 April 1972 in London) is a British sports journalist and former triple jumper who represented Great Britain and England internationally.She was second at the AAA Championships in 1992 but it was another four years before she reached the podium for a second time, when she took the AAA bronze medal in 1996. That year, her season's best jump of 13.55 metres left her ranked third in the event nationally behind Ashia Hansen and Michelle Griffith. She was third at the briefly revived UK Athletics Championships in 1997, finishing behind Hansen and Griffith at the event.The 1998 season proved to be the peak of her career, which she began with her sole triple jump victory at the AAA Championships. She set an Australian all-comers record of 13.86 m en route to her win as an invited athlete at the country's national championships. In the summer she set a personal best mark of 13.95 m in Thurrock, took fourth at the 1998 European Cup, and represented Great Britain at the 1998 European Athletics Championships. Her season culminated in a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where she jumped one centimetre off her best to finish behind Hansen and Cameroonian Françoise Mbango.She was third at the 2000 AAA Championships, but she decided to retire from professional athletics that year. Since her retirement, she has moved into athletics journalism and founded and currently directs Community Interest Company Connie Henry's Track Academy. She has provided commentary for broadcasters such as Eurosport and the BBC, reporting on events such as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics.Track Academy was founded by Connie Henry in 2007. She has designed it to be a programme that provides children with a positive alternative from a life in gangs, drugs, crime or complete lethargy. Offering sports activities, mentoring and study support, the Academy hopes to bridge the gap between sport and how it can be used to motivate a young mind to believe it can achieve in other areas. At first, Connie just wanted to create a simple athletics training squad. She contacted her colleagues from the world of international athletics and put together a group of coaches that were unmatched anywhere in the country when it came to coaching junior athletes. This was known as the Willesden Junior Athletics Squad (WJAS). However it soon became apparent that the young people walking through the door needed a lot more than just athletic coaching. The coaches were spending more and more time mentoring their athletes and the balance became unworkable. It was clear that some mentors needed to be brought in. Soon the obvious need for some study support was also identified. All this extra support began to take a toll on the Director and the small community organisation of WJAS. After frantically searching for help there was still not enough funding for the project or hours in the day for one person to run it all. In 2010 Connie Henry had made the painful decision to shut down the WJAS as she could not sustain the responsibility anymore. At this point the West London Sports Trust, a charity established to help young people through sport, approached WJAS to create a partnership. The Trust were looking to revamp itself and go London wide and it was impressed by the statistics and results that WJAS had both on and off the track. Both projects were retitled in order to reflect their true goals. West London sports Trust became The London Sports Trust and Willesden Junior Athletic squad became Track Academy. Together the two organisations were able to secure enough funding not only to sustain the activities of WJAS but to help them flourish as Track Academy. The official Launch of Track Academy was on May 23rd 2011.Connie Henry has several mantras by which she lives her life: “It’s not about the destination, it’s about what you learn on the way and what you do with that information” “You have to believe you are more than the circumstances that you are born into” “Surround yourself with people that know more than you” “Hard does not mean bad” “What you want to do isn’t always the thing you SHOULD be doing. But the thing you SHOULD be doing normally gets you what you want” The whole of Connie’s life journey and the quotes above have been poured into Track Academy to create a system that will create extraordinary young people- Young people that will become social leaders, extraordinary mentors and responsible individuals and maybe, just maybe, Track Academy will be able to create an Olympian or two, though that is simply not the overriding concern of all involved. Track Academy is now a well structured, stable, Community Interest Company, with a great track record of changing the lives of hundreds of young people.".