Lacena Golding-Clarke (born March 20, 1975 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a retired female hurdling athlete from Jamaica. 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.
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.
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.
She retired from track and field in 2010 after having reached her sixth consecutive 60 m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.[1]
| Representing Jamaica | ||||
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| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | Long jump |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 3rd | Long jump |
| 1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | Long jump |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 8th | 60 m hurdles |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, England | 1st | 100 m hurdles |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 4th | 60 m hurdles |
| Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, DR | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | |
| 3rd | 4x100 m relay | |||
| World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | 100 m hurdles | |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 7th | 100 m hurdles | |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 6th | 60 m hurdles |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 5th | 100 m hurdles | |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 6th | 60 m hurdles |
| Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | |
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