{{short description|American sprinter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Carlette Guidry-White | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = <!--if different--> | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 4, 1968}} | birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's athletics }} {{Medal|Country | the {{USA}} }} {{Medal|Olympics}} {{Medal|Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 4 × 100 metres relay }} {{Medal|Gold | 1996 Atlanta | 4 × 100 metres relay }} {{Medal|Competition | World Championships }} {{Medal|Gold | 1995 Gothenburg | 4 × 100 metres relay }} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze |1995 Barcelona|60 metres}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold |1986 Athens|4 × 100 metres relay}} }}

'''Carlette Denise Guidry-Falkquay''' (formerly '''Guidry-White''', née '''Guidry'''; born September 4, 1968) is an American former sprinter who won gold medals in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. Her individual results include winning the 100 metres title at the 1990 Goodwill Games and a bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 1995 World Indoor Championships.<ref name="USATF">{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2000/guidry.html |title=2000 USATF ATHLETE BIOGRAPHY Carlette Guidry |year=2000 |publisher=USATF |access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name=sportsref>{{Cite Sports-Reference |title= Carlette Guidry-White |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/carlette-guidry-white-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000900/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/carlette-guidry-white-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 18, 2020 |access-date= November 21, 2011}}</ref>

==Career== Born Carlette D. Guidry in Houston, Texas in 1968, she finished eighth in the 100 metres final at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, before going on to win Olympic relay gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where she also finished fifth in the 200 metres final.<ref name=sportsref /> She won a bronze medal in the 60 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships.,<ref name="USATF" /> and also finished fourth in the World Championships 100 metres final that year. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she won a second Olympic relay gold (she ran in the heats but not the final) and finished eighth in the 200 metres final.

At the collegiate level, Guidry competed for the Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas at Austin between 1987 and 1991. She collected a total of twelve NCAA titles, and was named Southwest Conference Athlete of the Decade in indoor track and outdoor track and field for the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1992_1073766/sports-notebook.html |title=Sports notebook |date=August 13, 1992 |publisher=Houston Chronicle |access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.texassports.com/sports/tex-relays/spec-rel/032911aaa.html |title=Carlette Guidry Falkquay to be recognized at this year's Texas Relays |last=Graney |first=Ryan |date=March 29, 2011 |publisher=Texassports.com |access-date=November 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402165320/http://www.texassports.com/sports/tex-relays/spec-rel/032911aaa.html |archive-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> She was also honored as Indoor Track and Field Most Outstanding Student-Athletes in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of NCAA Women's Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/PressArchive/2007/Awards%2Band%2BScholarships/NCAA%2BNames%2BCarlette%2BGuidry%2Band%2BTrecia%2BKaye%2BSmith%2BDivision%2BI%2BIndoor%2BTrack%2Band%2BField%2BMost%2BOutstanding%2BStudent-Athletes%2Bin.html |title=NCAA Names Carlette Guidry And Trecia Kaye Smith Division I Indoor Track And Field Most Outstanding Student-Athletes In Honor Of The 25th Anniversary Of Women's Championships |date=February 28, 2007 |publisher=News Release of the NCAA |access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref>

While at University of Texas, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/news/2005/2/21/022105aab_637.aspx|title=Longhorn Legends: Carlette Guidry|website=University of Texas Athletics|date=February 21, 2005 |language=en|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/trackfield|title=Track & Field|website=CWSA|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> She was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ttfca2.wixsite.com/txtfhalloffame/inductees |title=Txtfhalloffame |access-date=January 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116170038/http://ttfca2.wixsite.com/txtfhalloffame/inductees |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan=6|Representing {{USA}} |- |rowspan=6|1986 |rowspan=3|Pan American Junior Championships |rowspan=3|Winter Park, United States |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |23.73 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Long jump |6.42 m |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |44.62 |- |rowspan=3|World Junior Championships |rowspan=3|Athens, Greece |4th |200 m |23.46 |- |7th |Long jump |6.13 m |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |43.78 |- |rowspan=2|1990 |rowspan=2|Goodwill Games |rowspan=2|Seattle, United States |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |11.03 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |42.46 |- |rowspan=2|1991 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |8th |100 m |11.52 |- |heats |4 × 100 m |DNF |- |rowspan=2|1992 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain |5th |200 m |22.30 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |42.11 |- |rowspan=4|1995 |World Indoor Championships |Barcelona, Spain |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |60 m |7.11 |- |rowspan=3|World Championships |rowspan=3|Gothenburg, Sweden |4th |100 m |11.07 |- |11th (sf) |200 m |22.91 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |42.12 |- |rowspan=2|1996 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Atlanta, United States |8th |200 m |22.61 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |42.49<small> (heats)</small> |- |1998 |World Cup |Johannesburg, South Africa |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m |42.00 |- !colspan=6|<small> '''(sf) = Indicates overall position in semifinals'''</small> |}

==Personal bests== * 100 metres – 10.94 (1991) * 200 metres – 22.14 (1996) * 400 metres – 51.53 (1994)

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