Hensley Paulina

Hensley Paulina (born 26 June 1993) is a Dutch sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the final.

Hensley Paulina

Hensley Paulina in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Coached by	Wendell Prince Jurgen Faneyt Dennis Mitchell Rana Reider

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Netherlands Antilles and Curaçao
2009	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	14th (h)	100 m	11.09
			10th (h)	200 m	22.57
	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	33rd (qf)	100 m	11.05
2010	CARIFTA Games (U20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	–	100 m	DQ
			4th	200 m	21.42
	South American Games	Medellín, Colombia	4th	100 m	10.55 (w)
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	–	100 m	DQ
2011	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Montego Bay, Jamaica	12th (h)	100 m	10.92
			9th (h)	200 m	22.05
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	25th (h)	100 m	10.81
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	41.49
Representing the Netherlands
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	41st (h)	100 m	10.81
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	100 m	10.48
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.37
2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	8th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.52
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.60
2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	6th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	39.25
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	4th	100 m	10.40
			9th (h)	200 m	21.17
			3rd (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.891
	World Championships	Beijing, China	8th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.41
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	23rd (sf)	60 m	6.73
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	18th (sf)	100 m	10.33
			23rd (sf)	200 m	23.49
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.53
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	4th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.711
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.66
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th (sf)	100 m	10.38
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.03
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.67
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	37.912
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	13th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.07
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF

¹Did not finish in the final
²Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.26 (+1.4 m/s, Heusden-Zolder 2014)
• 200 metres – 21.41 (+0.7 m/s, George Town 2010)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.64 (Jablonec nad Nisou 2016)

External links

• Hensley Paulina at World Athletics
• Hensley Paulina at European Athletics
• Hensley Paulina at Diamond League
• Hensley Paulina at the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (in Dutch)
• Hensley Paulina at Olympics.com
• Hensley Paulina at Olympedia
• Hensley Paulina at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)