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Keshia Baker

Personal information
Born	(1988-01-30) January 30, 1988 (age 36) Fairfield, California
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	USA
Sport	Athletics
Event	4 × 400m Relay
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London 4×400 m relay World Championships 2011 Daegu 4×400 m relay

Keshia Chantay Baker (born January 30, 1988, in Fairfield, California)^[1] is an American track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay event, running in the heats and winning a gold medal.^[2]

While running for her home town Fairfield High School, she finished third in the 400 meters at the 2006 CIF California State Meet.^[3] She had been a finalist the previous two years. Then she ran for the University of Oregon. At the 2010 NCAA Championships, she anchored Oregon's winning 4x400 relay team to victory, while finishing fourth in the open 400 meters. Earlier in the season, she was runner up in 400 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships,^[4] both times behind future Olympic teammate Francena McCorory.