Dionne Rose-Henley (7 November 1969 – 24 December 2018) was a

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n athlete who specialised in the

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. She competed at the

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and

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, finishing fifth at her second Games. Her personal best times were 12.64 in the 100 meters hurdles (1996) and 7.96 in the indoor 60 meters hurdles (1997). In 2017, she coached sprinters and hurdlers at

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. After retiring from Track and Field she took up coaching. She coached at Middle Tennessee State University where she was a past student. Rose-Henley died on 24 December 2018 at age 49, after a short battle with cancer.

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1969 births 2018 deaths Jamaican female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's track and field athletes Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders track and field coaches Coastal Carolina Chanticleers track and field coaches Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican women Jamaican Athletics Championships winners Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub