Lacena Golding-Clarke

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Lacena Golding-Clarke
Personal information
Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975 (age 50)
Clarendon, Jamaica
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester 100 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo 100m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo 4×100m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Bridgetown Long jump
CAC Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Maracaibo Long jump
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Havana 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Havana Long jump
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France Long Jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France Triple Jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Nassau High Jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Nassau Long Jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France High Jump
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Port of Spain High Jump
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Port of Spain Discus Throw
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Port of Spain Long Jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Bridgetown High Jump

Lacena Golding-Clarke (born 20 March 1975) is a Jamaican retired female hurdler athlete. She represented Jamaica at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and took part in the World Championships in Athletics on five separate occasions.

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Career

She began her career as a long jumper and she participated in this event at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Her personal best jump is 6.87 metres, achieved in June 1998 in Kingston.[ citation needed ]

She won a gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best time is 12.68 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Kingston. Other high points of her hurdles career included a bronze at the 2003 Pan American Games and a bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[ citation needed ]

She retired from track and field in 2010 after having reached her sixth consecutive 60 m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships. [1]

After graduating from Auburn University with a BA in Political Science and Government in 1999, [2] Golding-Clarke was a volunteer assistant coach at Auburn from March 1999 to August 2006 and then moved to the University of Texas at Austin to work as a coach from September 2006 to 2011. In May 2012, Golding-Clarke became the assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). [3] While at UTEP, Golding-Clarke coached 13 All-Americans, 32 regional qualifiers, 32 C-USA individual title winners, and eight school record-breakers, [4] including Tobi Amusan, the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. Amusan finished the 100-meter hurdles in 12.12 seconds, breaking the previous world record of 12.20 seconds set by US Olympian Kendra Harrison in 2016. [5] In January 2022, Golding-Clarke returned to Auburn University as Assistant Coach for the Women’s Sprints and Hurdles. [6]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
1989 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Bridgetown, Barbados 3rdHigh jump1.58 m
1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) Havana, Cuba 3rd100 m hurdles15.07   (-0.3 m/s)
7thHigh jump1.55 m
3rdLong jump5.44 m   (0.1 m/s)
5thDiscus throw30.20 m
1991 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1stHigh jump1.62 m
2ndLong jump5.92 m
1stDiscus throw31.44 m
1992 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Nassau, Bahamas 2ndHigh jump1.66 m
2ndLong jump6.15 m
World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 6thLong jump 6.09 m   (0.3 m/s)
1993 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Fort-de-France, Martinique 3rdHigh jump1.64 m
1stLong jump6.07 m
2ndTriple jump12.27 m
4thJavelin throw36.86 m
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 6thLong jump 6.27 m   (1.7 m/s)
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th (q)Long jump 6.45 m   (1.2 m/s)
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 12th (q)Long jump 6.50 m   (-0.1 m/s)
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 3rdLong jump 6.49
1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 1stLong jump6.52
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 11th (q)Long jump 6.39 m   (0.7 m/s)
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 8th60 m hurdles 8.24
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 1st100 m hurdles 12.77   (0.6 m/s)
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 4th60 m hurdles 7.92
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, DR 3rd100 m hurdles 12.79   (-0.3 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay 43.71
World Championships Paris, France 8th100 m hurdles 12.87   (-0.2 m/s)
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7th100 m hurdles13.10   (1.3 m/s)
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th60 m hurdles 7.89
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th100 m hurdles 12.73   (1.5 m/s)
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 3rd100 m hurdles12.69   (1.0 m/s)
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 6th60 m hurdles 7.94
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 4th100 m hurdles 13.01   (-0.3 m/s)
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 6th (sf)100 m hurdles 12.85   (0.5 m/s)
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 4th (sf)100 m hurdles 12.76   (0.3 m/s)

References

  1. Reid, Paul A (2010-03-31). Veteran hurdler hangs up spikes Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine . Jamaica Observer . Retrieved on 2010-04-02.
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/golding-clarke-lacena-a1580187?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F [ self-published source ]
  3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/golding-clarke-lacena-a1580187?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F [ self-published source ]
  4. "Lacena Golding-Clarke - Assistant Coach, Women's Sprints and Hurdles - Staff Directory".
  5. https://olympics.com/en/news/track-field-worlds-tobi-amusan-breaks-world-record-in-100m-hurdles [ bare URL ]
  6. "Auburn Track & Field Coach Leroy Burrell announces staff". July 2022.
  7. Lacena Golding-Clarke - Photos (in French), all-athletics.com, archived from the original on 3 March 2016, retrieved 27 March 2012