Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne (born 21 January 1980 in Saint Ann, Jamaica)[1] is a Jamaican former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. Her personal best result is 7.16 m (23 ft 5+3⁄4 in), achieved in 2004.
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Women's athletics | ||
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Pan American Games | ||
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1999 Winnipeg | Long jump |
Commonwealth Games | ||
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2002 Manchester | Long jump |
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2002 Manchester | 4×100 m relay |
She represented Jamaica in four consecutive World Championships in Athletics, from 2001 to 2007. Her sole Olympic outing at the 2000 Sydney Games was also her best global performance, placing ninth.
She was the silver medallist in the long jump at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the same competition she won silver with the Jamaican women's 4×100 metres relay team. She was the bronze medallist at the 1999 Pan American Games and a two-time champion of the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics (2001 and 2003).
College
editWhile at Auburn under coach Henry Rolle, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2003.[2][3]
Competition record
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elva Goulbourne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Elva Gouldbourne Wins Honda Sports Award For Track and Field". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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