Desirèe Henry is a British sprinter who competes in 100 and 200 metres races. In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay and in the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London, she won silver in the 4 x 100 metres relay race. In 2012, she was one of seven who lit the Olympic cauldron at the London Opening Ceremony after being nominated by Olympic champion decathlete Daley Thompson.